Places AmethystDaisies Wants to Go

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

Nassau Hall has served as army barracks, a museum, and played a key role in the American Revolution.

New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

These 20-foot sculptures will help guide you from the local train station to the local sculpture garden.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

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

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

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

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This forgotten Frank Lloyd Wright house is an architectural marvel at the end of a sleepy residential street.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

Located on 420 acres in the high desert, this spiritual center is dedicated to the "science of the future."