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

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

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

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

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

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

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

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

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

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

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

Yo, Adrian!

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

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

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

America's first public mental health facility.