Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Brooklyn, New York
This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.
New York, New York
The one-time office of the architectural firm that ushered in the Gilded Age is now a Club Monaco.
New York, New York
A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania
A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.
New York, New York
The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.
Providence, Rhode Island
The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.
Providence, Rhode Island
This blue behemoth of a bear is a colorful homage to Brown University's mascot.
Providence, Rhode Island
An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.
Providence, Rhode Island
Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
New York, New York
Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.
New York, New York
A curious fountain that has no water and includes Satan, a crab, and 9 giraffes.
Yonkers, New York
America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.
New York, New York
The "Seinfeld" diner.
New York, New York
Built just after the American Revolution, the oldest row house in New York City still stands in Chinatown.