Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Maillardet's Automaton
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Douglas, Wyoming
This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.
Casper, Wyoming
A popular rock that acted as a waymarker for American pioneers.
Jeffrey City, Wyoming
This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.
Little America, Wyoming
Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.
Casper, Wyoming
Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.
Kaycee, Wyoming
The remote outlaw hideout of Jesse James, Butch Cassidy, and the Sundance Kid.