Places afink Wants to Go

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

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.

This secluded ruin was once a home for exotic plants.

A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

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

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.

A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

Constructed in 1882, this jail once housed local inmates and the sheriff's family all under one roof.