Places marykate Wants to Go

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

This decommissioned surface-to-surface missile resides outside the American Legion Post in Pennslyvania.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

The largest clock face in the United States is twice the size of Big Ben and infinitely more ad-sponsored.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

The final resting place of the Hollywood star who came to a tragic end.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

Could it have picked a better place to land?

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

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

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

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.