The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

One Pittsburgh musician's decades-in-the-making memorabilia collection is on display at this rock-n-roll curio shop.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

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

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

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

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

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

One of the oldest of its kind.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

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

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

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

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