A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.

This vintage short line in Amish country runs passenger steam train excursions and still hauls freight.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

An abandoned 1970s theme park that has been turned into a space for waterfront walking.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A local prank turned town icon.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

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

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

The longest covered bridge in Delaware.

The lesser-known Alice sculpture of Central Park dedicated to the “godmother of American children.”

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

A quick journey through the history of Annapolis.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.