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

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.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

A garden oasis filled with flowers mentioned in the works of William Shakespeare.

This concrete tangle of square pipes has stood as a proud thorn in the city's side since the '70s.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.

The stone sculpture of an Ottoman soldier is an homage to a lost Providence landmark.

Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This is not your typical jungle gym.