Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia City Hall
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mütter Museum
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Foucault Pendulum at the Franklin Institute
A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
Centralia Ghost Town Church
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Landis Valley Museum
This museum focuses on the history and culture of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama Museum
A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.
Thurmont, Maryland
Catoctin Furnace
A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.
Permanently Closed
Frackville, Pennsylvania
Pioneer Mom and Daughter Roadside Statue
Pennsylvania’s creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Monticello's Vegetable Garden and Fruitery
Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.
Charlottesville, Virginia
University of Virginia's Seven Society
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.
Alexandria, Virginia
Mount Vernon Slave Cemetery
The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Niagara Falls Floral Clock
This impressive working clock made of 16,000 plants changes its flowers twice a year.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Clifton Hill
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
The Tunnel at Niagara Parks Power Station
A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.
New York, New York
Strawberry Fields Memorial
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
New York, New York
One Times Square
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla Street Corner
Commemorating the spot where the famous scientist fed his pigeons.
New York, New York
Macy's Wooden Escalators
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
The Brown Building
The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
New York, New York
Berlin Wall Section
A celebration of capitalism in Midtown.
New York, New York
Long Lines Building
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
New York, New York
'The Sphere'
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.
New York, New York
Trinity Churchyard
This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.
New York, New York
The SeaGlass Carousel
Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.
