Places Michael Glass Wants to Go

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

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.

This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.

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

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

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

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

Destructive children, start your engines.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Whale bones, scrimshaw, and sperm oil make up just a part of this comprehensive collection of whaling history.

An eccentric playboy's astounding natural history collection.

A millionaire's abandoned swimming pool from the gilded age of one of America's most distinguished families.

A tribute to the hard-working men and women of Grumman, who crafted F-14 fighter jets.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

A waterway covered over after the Industrial Revolution has been unearthed and cleaned up, for the enjoyment of fish and humans alike.

America's greatest forgotten garden and the former stomping grounds of Son of Sam.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

One of the earliest bowling lanes in the U.S. doubled as a sewing school during a time when women had little job opportunity.