Places hyland Wants to Go

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

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

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

These Pre-Columbian petroglyphs contain representations of birds, deer, hunters, and even some early Native flute players.

This southwest-styled home in Santa Fe claims to be the oldest house in America thanks to an ancient bit of foundation.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.

The fictional star of "Breaking Bad" is memorialized with a real-life gravestone in his hometown.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

A mass grave for victims of an airline disaster that led to much-needed safety improvements for commercial flights.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

Naturally formed white marble arch housed in an abandoned marble quarry from the 1800s.