Places afink Wants to Go

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

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

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

This restored log building was one of the first toll booths for travelers along the Northern Turnpike.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

Each step is a mere four inches tall, said to be measured by the stride of a woman wearing a hobble skirt.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

A miniature golf course crafted inside the world's largest simulated cave.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

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

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

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.