Places kkthemook Wants to Go

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

A preserved 18th century homestead in Western Pennsylvania marks the spot where the Whiskey Rebellion began.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.

This small cemetery remains hidden behind a recreation center.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

Every autumn, this grove of living fossils erupts in a blaze of brilliant golden-yellow leaves and stinky fruit.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

Evidence of a long-ago crush remains scratched into the glass at this historic Maryland House.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.