Places jordank Wants to Go

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

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

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

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

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

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

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

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

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

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

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.