The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

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

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

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

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.