Places nomadandwitch Wants to Go

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

This 15-foot tall obelisk commemorating the Philadelphia-Baltimore railroad connection sat neglected for over a century.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

Destructive children, start your engines.

This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.

The remains of an old sawmill, gristmill and the surrounding industry dating back to the 18th century.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

An unusual assortment of steerable wooden sleds is on display in a library in New Jersey where they were first invented.

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.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

An enormous overgrown greenhouse teeming with graffiti and wildlife.

This tiny New Jersey village has lived many lives but seems determined to remain a ghost town.

Delicate Wurlitzers, creepy clowns, and The Noid all share space in this insane explosion of kitsch history.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.