Places BrandyBacon Wants to Go

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

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

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

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

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

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

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

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

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

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

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

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

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.