Places afink Wants to Go

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

Could it have picked a better place to land?

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.