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

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

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

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

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

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

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

This 14th-century temple is also known as the "Temple of the Golden Pavilion" for its gorgeous gilded reliquary hall.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

This quirky collection of furniture also happens to be a public art installation.

Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.