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A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Metal monsters made from repurposed materials lurk alongside this Pennsylvania road.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A Gothic gym and community space that encourages fitness for misfits.

An outlet for connecting to memories of lost loved ones and saying goodbyes you never got to say.

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

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

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

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

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

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

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.

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

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.