Places NG3894 Wants to Go

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

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

A sycamore tree grown from seeds that traveled to the moon.

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.

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

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.

This abandoned iron furnace was one of the first to use coke—a type of high-carbon fuel—to make iron.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

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

This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

An ideal wedding spot that is almost too ideal.

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

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

Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

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