Places avajcleary Wants to Go

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Walk down an otherwise nondescript alley near Washington Square West in South Philly and find yourself in a vivid, immersive mosaic wonderland.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

One of the oldest of its kind.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

This wildlife refuge is home to more than 200 species of birds, as well as monkeys, lizards, and other wildlife.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

This is the second-oldest rail tunnel in the United States that is still in use today.

Dedicated to extinct passenger pigeons.

These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.

Intricate, eye-catching, award-winning rubber sculptures liven up this Pennsylvania town.

Travel back in time aboard a restored 1950s-era railcar.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

Feel what it would have been like to live in Gettysburg during the pivotal Civil War battle.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.