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A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

Rising out of a clearing in New Jersey's Pine Barrens is an Aztec-inspired monument to the "Lindbergh of Mexico."

The second oldest and longest of Delaware's three covered bridges.

In the heart of the Pine Barrens, entire forests of pitch pines that usually grow 20–90 feet tall only reach six feet in height.

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

This tiny cottage surrounded by railroads is the oldest surviving structure in Fairmount Park.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

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

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