Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.

An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.

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

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

One of the oldest surviving bars in the United States, located at the site of the last skirmish of the American Revolution.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

A nine-hole golf course in Pennsylvania hasn't charged a greens fee since its founding in 1914.

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.