Places allisonpensyl Wants to Go

A contemporary art installation housed within a Gothic cathedral.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

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

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

The first American axe throwing club.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

An enigmatic modern marker left next to a historic Roman site.

This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.

Architectural monsters are devouring this palace's every door and window.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

This 19th century machine put animals (including humans) in boxes to study how they metabolized calories.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.