An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

This effigy of Peter the Great is greatly disproportionate.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This striking public art installation is suspended above a public park, designed to gently move in the breeze.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

The singer, actor, and activist lived here during his final years, and now it’s a museum dedicated to his legacy.

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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.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

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