Could it have picked a better place to land?

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!

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

This often-overlooked ocean walkway was once considered an impossible fantasy.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

In Midtown Atlanta, tons of marble appears to be devouring a Fiat Panda at this unique art installation.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

This statue celebrating everyday life in Dublin has a few unsavory nicknames.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.