Places michaelamiller Wants to Go

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

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

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

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

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

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

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

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."

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

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

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Abandoned former poorhouse, bible college, and haunted house in an Ohio hamlet.

The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

A small town museum celebrates the history of the Ohio county that produced Annie Oakley and other famous figures.

A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.