Places drsupherpen Wants to Go

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

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

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

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

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

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

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.