The humble beginnings of the man known for his lavish "champagne" music.

Mennes invented the tags we all place annually upon our license plates, and his story is told frankly and in full upon his headstone.

The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.

A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

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

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

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

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

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

Hollowed out cedar log tubs set in an ancient towering forest.

A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."

A 20-foot-tall egg painted in a traditional Czech patterns by the Czech community in Wilson, Kansas.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.