Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

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

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

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

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

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

A recently abandoned psych ward at the end of Sanatorium Road.

New Jersey's last historic covered bridge was rebuilt from pieces of the original 19th-century structure.

The site of one of history's most indelible and horrific tragedies.

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.