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

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

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

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

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

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

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A Seattle oddities shop brimming with Victorian-era gems and antique curio.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.