Places A Bear Wants to Go

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

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This recipe is set in stone.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

One of New Jersey's oldest churches is a historical treasure trove.

The oldest continually operating golf course in the United States.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

The way these carnivorous dinosaurs are posed is an homage to a classic work of paleoart.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

This 15-foot tall obelisk commemorating the Philadelphia-Baltimore railroad connection sat neglected for over a century.

Amid the sprawling Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters is one of Washington's least accessible museums.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

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

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

A condo complex once housed a boarding school with the 24th U.S. Vice President among its notable alumni.