Places Clur Wants to Go

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

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.

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

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

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

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

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

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

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

After the parade, students throw their beads on the tree hoping for good luck on exams.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

"If she'd leave us alone, we would have a happy home, sent from down below."

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.