Belize
The Crystal Maiden of the Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
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Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Braddock, Pennsylvania
These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.
New Castle, Pennsylvania
This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.
Meadville, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.
Vintondale, Pennsylvania
The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.
Austin, Pennsylvania
When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.
Pittston, Pennsylvania
The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.