Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

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

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

Could it have picked a better place to land?

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

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

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.