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A local prank turned town icon.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

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

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

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

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

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

Yo, Adrian!

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

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.