Places Charles WV Wants to Go

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

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

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

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

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

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

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

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

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

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

Surrounded by industrial sprawl, a small monument marks the site of William Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

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.

Visit a fourth-generation farm and museum dedicated to everyone's favorite fungi.

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.