Places andyibooth Wants to Go

Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

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

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

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

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

A collection of 100 brains preserved in jars on the UT campus.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.