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

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

Mexico's astounding mummy museum with "the world's smallest mummy."

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

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

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

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

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

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

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

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

This staircase full of Mayan hieroglyphics is perhaps the largest single text in the world.

A full-size replica of this well-preserved temple lets you take a walk through the Mayan age.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This devil-dancing ceremony now celebrates a miraculous image of the Virgin Mary that appeared to a modern-day Robin Hood in a mineshaft.

Death road of Bolivia.

A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.

During this Bolivian festival/fair you can wish for wealth, success, love, and more by buying a miniature version of your desire.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.