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

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

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

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

A giant desert bird that once swung music fans at Coachella now has a home in a nearby traffic circle.

This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.

Honoring the famed folktale author, this California museum looks like it belongs in the Black Forest.

California's oldest wind harp represents a historic piece of America's Danish history.

These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

This conservation area is also home to many of the region's desert tortoises.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.

The century-old bell and clock tower at UC Berkeley is the third-tallest in the world, and has fossils.

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.

Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

The stones that traveled from Spain to eventually become a holy place for San Francisco's nature worshippers.

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.