Places lizzyrbits Wants to Go

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Bizarre Cavern.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

Delve into a wealth of oddities, antiques, and taxidermy treasures.

The most popular attraction in Southern California was once a flock of ornery bipedal birds that pulled carts.

Once a place of peaceful repose, this sanitarium now faces an uncertain future.

The cobbled together compound of a deceased artist which now serves as a filming location.

The first American axe throwing club.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

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

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.