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

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

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

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

The second-largest gold nugget in existence, displayed in a Las Vegas casino conveniently named the Golden Nugget.

Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Temporary Burning Man sculpture made of two 18-wheelers.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.

Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.