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The world's oldest Jewish library was founded by Sephardic Jews in 17th century Amsterdam.

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

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

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

The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.

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

This 1920s Amsterdam neighborhood was built as a giant experiment in concrete construction.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

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

The former home of a mad diplomat is said to still be marked in bloody, arcane scrawls.