Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's Oldest Operating Theater
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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, Pennsylvania
This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Cleveland, Ohio
A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.
Cleveland, Ohio
Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.
Big Pool, Maryland
A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.
Cleveland, Ohio
The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.
Strongsville, Ohio
Acres of English cottage gardens, unexpectedly nestled in a Cleveland suburb.
Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Cleveland, Ohio
Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.
East Cleveland, Ohio
Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.