Places chloepherman Wants to Go

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

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

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

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

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

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

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

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

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

From banquet hall to Masonic Lodge and now concert venue, Ganz Hall is a breathtaking glimpse of into the golden age of American architecture.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.