Places GerhardM Wants to Go

Playful installation outside a Pittsburgh art gallery might feature the world's longest historic-plaque text.

A T. Rex statue dressed as Mister Rogers honors the children’s-television pioneer.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

A well-preserved sheepherding camp now lies in the heart of the Granite Chief Wilderness, in the high Sierra Nevada.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

The original building of a mining school endowed by one of the barons of the Comstock Lode now houses a museum of earth science and mining history.

This 18-foot-tall steel lotus is a meditation on ecological crisis that originally appeared at Burning Man.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.

This wilderness hike to a waterfall has an unlikely beginning in suburban Reno.

This beloved roadside attraction welcomes visitors with his signature neon smile.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

This mother-daughter run curiosities shop is a beautifully odd mix of taxidermy and exotic plants.

A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.

The oldest automobile museum in the United States.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.