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

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.

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

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

The Victorian-era greenhouse is stuffed with tropical plants, and open 365 days a year.

A unique subway station where pillars evoke ancient civilizations.

A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.

Known as "Toronto's Flatiron."

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

A larger-than-life monument to the inventor of the Bunsen burner.