Places NicholasManila Wants to Go

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

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

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

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

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

This historical village takes you back to the 19th century.

Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.

An exploration of a small ethnic group’s heritage through their exquisite folk art.

An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.

As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.

A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.