Places babewithclaws Wants to Go

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

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

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

A working monastery hidden away in Brooklyn once abutted the location of a former inebriate's home.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

A historic grist mill and active sluice on the Black River.

These mystical miniature houses bring a touch of magic to the New Jersey woods.

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

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

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

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

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

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

Old neon signs from the City of Brotherly Love provide a snapshot of the city’s evolution.

This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.