Places phildzielski Wants to Go

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

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

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

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

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

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

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

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.