The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

Museum houses an impressive display of the origin and artistry from the now-quaint invention's history.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

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

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

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

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

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.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

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

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.