The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

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A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

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

World's largest Christmas store.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

Controversially claiming the title of world's biggest bass drum, UT's Big Bertha was once made radioactive by the Manhattan Project.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.

Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

Moonbows over Kentucky.