Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

This elaborate estate contains a stunning marble aviary, a sunken conservatory, and a magnificent music room with a two-story pipe organ.

This whimsical park encourages its visitors and wildlife to roam on and around the various works of art.

Covered in tens of thousands of coats of paint, this Indiana attraction holds a world record all its own.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

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

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

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

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

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

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

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

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.

This holy goods emporium is where priests go for a little retail therapy to outfit their churches.