Places John DeMillion Wants to Go

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

In the woods of New Jersey lie the ruins of a munitions village abandoned after World War I and the remnants of a 1920s wooden racetrack.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

A world-class collection of mechanical musical instruments and automata.

A history of the U.S. military, with a focus on Pennsylvania's contributions.

A eight-foot-tall statue resides in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country.

Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.

A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.

This extraordinary model train layout covers over 1,700 square feet, with multiple trains running simultaneously.

Collection of scores of race cars from the 1900s to recent lovingly maintained and displayed.

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

The oldest automobile museum in the United States.

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

Grand architectural relics gain a new life in this Pennsylvania warehouse.

A collection of bite-sized buildings creates a magical mini village in the Pennsylvania mountains.

Catch a ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on this historic narrow-gauge railroad.

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

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."