Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

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

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

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

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

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

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 little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

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.

A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.

A storybook church made from a mesmerizing medley of multi-colored stones.

This retired stagecoach tavern is the oldest building in Cleveland.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.