Places istnbl Wants to Go

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

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

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

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

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

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.