Places MonValleyMan Wants to Go

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

Each step is a mere four inches tall, said to be measured by the stride of a woman wearing a hobble skirt.

Where the oil industry began.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

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

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

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

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

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

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

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