The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

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.

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

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

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

A nine-hole golf course in Pennsylvania hasn't charged a greens fee since its founding in 1914.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.