Places gdm584 Wants to Go

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

One man's lifelong obsession with death.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

This tiny structure was built by the creator of the Brooklyn Bridge.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

Descendants of this colonial Pennsylvania family still travel from far and wide to visit the 300-year-old home of their Quaker ancestors.

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

One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

A public art jibe at one of the United States’ oldest and longest-serving senators.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

Visitors to Salt Springs State Park are encouraged to literally put their two cents in Penny Rock.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

True to his word, George Swanson is buried in his white 1984 Corvette.