Angels Flight
Los Angeles, California
A funicular covering the 315 feet of incline between South Hill Street and South Olive Steet, sometimes called the shortest railway in the world. Each one-way ride costs $1.
A funicular covering the 315 feet of incline between South Hill Street and South Olive Steet, sometimes called the shortest railway in the world. Each one-way ride costs $1.
This inactive geyser is affectionately called the smallest volcano in the world. You can even climb down stairs to go inside it.
A door on the Mackays hotel that faced the intersection of River St. and Union St. was given its own address on its own street. The resulting Ebenezer Place is the shortest street in the world, at 6 feet 9 inches long.
David Hess defiantly installed this tile mosaic declaring the small triangle of land his private property, while the city bought surrounding land to build the subway. From 1922 until 1938, it was the smallest piece of private property in New York.
The smallest international bridge in the world, over the Abrilongo River between Spain and Portugal. It’s about 10 feet long and in the small village of El Marco, which spans both countries.
The smallest municipal park in the world, in a hole for a lightpost that was never installed. Oregon Journal columnist Dick Fagan christened it the biggest leprechaun colony west of Ireland in 1948.
This building’s architect swindled investors with blueprints scaled in inches instead of feet. It’s four stories tall instead of forty-eight and comically narrow, making it the smallest skyscraper in the world.
A former closet of irrigation pipes is now the smallest functioning post office in the country. There’s room for only one postal worker, who serves the surrounding 130 miles of the Everglades.
The smallest Prada store, out in the middle of the Texas desert. There are shoes and purses from the Fall 2005 collection on display, but the doors are sealed shut — it’s actually an art installation, part of nearby art community Marfa.
The world’s smallest drawbridge, spanning just a 22-inch gap and operated by hand. Only the masts of small sailboats can pass through.
Remnants of a dormant volcano near the top of California’s central valley. They’re known as the smallest mountain range in the world, covering about 75 square miles.
The smallest of the Thousand Islands, managing to support a tree and stay above water year-round.