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

Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.

An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.

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

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

Once used to screen films for theater owners to rent, this historic building is now a start up hub.

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

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

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

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.