Parkersburg, West Virginia
The Weeping Woman
A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.
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Parkersburg, West Virginia
A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.
Louisville, Ohio
This former tuberculosis treatment facility now stands at the center of a public park.
Lakewood, Ohio
An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.
Washington, Pennsylvania
Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A unique workspace where offices reside on pirate ships and inside gingerbread houses.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
East Cleveland, Ohio
Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.
Irwin, Pennsylvania
True to his word, George Swanson is buried in his white 1984 Corvette.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.