A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

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

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

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

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

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

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

Rare signs of the former Soviet Union in the Caribbean, though not where you'd expect them.

Looking like nothing more than a cartoon deserted island, this tiny sandbar is home only to a single umbrella.

A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.

A violent name for a violent volcano.

Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A tribute to the life and work of the beloved "Peanuts" cartoonist.

Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

A century and a half of research in the sciences and natural history, still going strong.

A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.