The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.

Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

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

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.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

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

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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

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The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.