Places bluestargirl Wants to Go

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

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

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

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

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

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

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

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

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

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

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