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It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

Discover these whole-house works of art in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

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

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

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

A treasure trove of material within the University of Pittsburgh Library Systems has spawned the world's first and only center for academic study of the horror genre.

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

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

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

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

A T. Rex statue dressed as Mister Rogers honors the children’s-television pioneer.

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

A preserved 18th century homestead in Western Pennsylvania marks the spot where the Whiskey Rebellion began.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

Could it have picked a better place to land?

The first burial place of the Harmonist Society, a utopian community for which the surrounding town of Harmony is named.

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

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.