Places achughesco Wants to Go

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

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

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

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

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.