The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

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

A giant lumpy candle serves as a beacon for this highly scented pit stop.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

This museum offers an actual time machine back through Colorado's past.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

One of the greatest heroes of the Titanic tragedy came from humble beginnings to this beautiful home.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.