The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

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

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

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

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

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

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

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

The first partially complete dinosaur skeleton was discovered here, forever changing the world's view of the ruling reptiles.