The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.

This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

This niche museum devoted to ancient religious artifacts is shaped like the very thing it displays.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

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

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

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

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

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

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

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.

One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.

Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.