A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

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

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This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

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