Places Oician Wants to Go

Descend into the world’s longest-running deep anthracite coal mine.

Originally known as the State Lunatic Hospital at Norristown, this campus stands as a fascinating piece of medical history.

America's oldest drive-in movie theater has been in continuous operation since 1934.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

Nursery with extensive collection of flesh-eating plants operated by the author of "The Savage Garden."

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

This unassuming brick building has survived fires, storms, and more to bring entertainment to one Delaware town.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Bizarre Cavern.

Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.

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

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

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

Home to an eclectic collection of over 200 vintage motorcycles, Americana, and some of the most extraordinary antiques from all around the world.

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

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.