There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).