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North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

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

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.

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

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

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

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

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

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

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

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.