A local prank turned town icon.

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

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

This historic Pittsburgh tennis complex is a rare example of natural red clay courts.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

True to his word, George Swanson is buried in his white 1984 Corvette.

Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.

Dozens upon dozens of boulders engraved with scripture tell the story of one man's troubled life.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States