Places vijayhm Wants to Go

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Once considered a marvel of engineering, there are now doubts about the structural integrity of this 5.4-mile cable-stayed bridge.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

Trace the history of the nation’s early days at the site of America’s oldest stock exchange.

This artwork in a Pennsylvania forest will gradually be overtaken by nature.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

Discover these whole-house works of art in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

Farm-to-table East African-European cuisine is on the menu here.

This urban park is home to monkeys and a number of endangered plants.

This bullet spent 34 years lodged in the chest of Waruhiu Itote, a Mau Mau guerrilla fighter who resisted British colonial rule in the 1950s.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

The best-preserved example of a unique structure in Nubian architecture.

Crumbling pyramids and temple ruins stand within the shadow of this sacred butte.

A powerful tribute to the victims who suffered under Ethiopia's most devastating regime.

This roadside monument commemorates the huge weapon built by an Ethiopian emperor's hostages.

This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.

According to one local legend, this image was created during a battle between a wild lioness and the archangel Michael.