Places nomadandwitch Wants to Go

A tribute to two brothers' artistic endeavors.

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The only boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed was also the only unbuilt structure in his famous Wasmuth Portfolio, until 2007.

This former hub for crafty philosophers was founded by a writer who died aboard the infamous RMS Lusitania.

This rare archive of original recordings and photos uncovers the early days of hip hop culture.

This cast-iron canine is a beloved icon among the people of Johnstown and ice hockey fans everywhere.

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

Let the dogs out at Central Pennsylvania's beloved wiener spot, where classic ketchup and mustard share space with innovative menu items like the Cubano Dog.

The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The first museum in the United States dedicated entirely to posters.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.