Places Melanicholia Wants to Go

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

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

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

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

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

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

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.

This 15-foot tall obelisk commemorating the Philadelphia-Baltimore railroad connection sat neglected for over a century.

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

The singer, actor, and activist lived here during his final years, and now it’s a museum dedicated to his legacy.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

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

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

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

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.