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

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

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

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

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

Many people don't realize there’s a lot going on in—and below—the world’s tallest triumphal arch.

This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

The innocent intentions of this monument are somewhat lost in the sculpture's muscled imagery.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

For 60 years, the academy had no permanent location until members voted Washington D.C. as its forever home.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

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