Places rivkaarose Wants to Go

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

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

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

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

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

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

The first burial place of the Harmonist Society, a utopian community for which the surrounding town of Harmony is named.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

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

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

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

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.