A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

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

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

Ruins of a German Castle on top of a towering stone pillar.

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.