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

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

A museum capturing one of the world's most famous classical composer's battle with hearing loss.

An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

This monument honors the band's impromptu performance at Cadillac highschool's homecoming decades ago.

This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

340-foot statue built to honour the Heroes of the Soviet Union.

A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."