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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Armstrong Tunnel
This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.
40.4361, -79.9910
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Duquesne Brewery Clock
The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.
40.4261, -79.9765
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Fort Pitt Blockhouse
The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.
40.4412, -80.0098
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dippy the Dinosaur
A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.
40.4434, -79.9499
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh's Snoopy Doghouse
Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.
40.4397, -80.0052
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Westinghouse Atom Smasher
This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.
40.4116, -79.8434
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Monongahela Incline
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
40.4314, -80.0058
Erie, Pennsylvania
Schaefer's Auto Art
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
42.0437, -80.1342
Erie, Pennsylvania
USS Niagara
A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?
42.1368, -80.0864
Hartford, Connecticut
Great Scott Moon Rock
An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.
41.7647, -72.6694
Hartford, Connecticut
Ancient Burying Ground
The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.
41.7647, -72.6743
Hartford, Connecticut
Statue of Jack the Pardoned Turkey
This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.
41.7828, -72.6599
Hartford, Connecticut
Site of the First Public Pay Phone
An easy-to-miss plaque marks the building that first held this 19th-century telephone innovation.
41.7654, -72.6730
Youngstown, New York
Old Fort Niagara
This historic fort spans more the 300 years.
43.2626, -79.0605
Rockhill, Pennsylvania
East Broad Top Railroad
Catch a ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on this historic narrow-gauge railroad.
40.2417, -77.8983
Bucharest, Romania
The House of Ceaușescu
The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.
44.4691, 26.0925
Providence, Rhode Island
Industrial National Bank Building
Rhode Island's tallest building bears a resemblance to the "Daily Planet" building and has been empty for more than five years.
41.8245, -71.4111
Providence, Rhode Island
Nori the Dragon
A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.
41.8165, -71.4094
Providence, Rhode Island
Gun Totem
This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.
41.8251, -71.4076
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence Biltmore
Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.
41.8243, -71.4133
Providence, Rhode Island
‘Time Wave’
A work of art that pays homage to a Victorian timepiece in Providence.
41.8233, -71.4142
Somerset, Pennsylvania
Jenny Globe
This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.
40.0151, -79.0758
Boston, Massachusetts
Empire Garden Restaurant
Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.
42.3515, -71.0628
Boston, Massachusetts
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (The Gardner)
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
42.3382, -71.0989
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