Places chrissyml Wants to Go

The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

Dozens upon dozens of boulders engraved with scripture tell the story of one man's troubled life.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Where the oil industry began.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

A preserved 18th century homestead in Western Pennsylvania marks the spot where the Whiskey Rebellion began.

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

Penn State's giant bug collection.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

The residents of this ominous-sounding street in Pennsylvania liked its name so much they fought to keep it.

The final resting place of the Hollywood star who came to a tragic end.

The final resting place of two members of the infamous Doan gang, notorious outlaws and Revolutionary War Loyalists.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.