Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

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

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

Just outside the Ohio Supreme Court sits a testament to justice.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.