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Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

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

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

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Located at the former Lorton Prison the Lucy Burns Museum tells the story of the 91 year history of the prison including the dark chapter of its involvement in the women's suffrage movement.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.