Places fijareplous Wants to Go

The woman whose immortal cell line continues to shape scientific research was buried near her birthplace in a grave that was left unmarked for nearly 60 years.

This library is designed to commemorate the work of the Human Genome Project.

One of only two sites in the United States containing the remains of Buddha.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.

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

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.

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

Bizarre Cavern.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Enormous piles of historically significant stones, dumped by Congress in a forest, and abandoned for 60 years.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

A derelict bit of transportation infrastructure hidden in the woods.

An Industrial Revolution-era public work that purified water using nothing but sand.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.