Las Vegas, Nevada
High Roller
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
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Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Foxburg, Pennsylvania
The oldest continually operating golf course in the United States.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Austin, Texas
A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.
Glocester, Rhode Island
A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.
Foster, Rhode Island
As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.
George Town, Cayman Islands
There is one corporation registered for every three square feet of space in this inconspicuous office building.
George Town, Cayman Islands
The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.
Key West, Florida
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Celebration, Florida
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Titusville, Pennsylvania
Where the oil industry began.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.