Places sftom0917 Wants to Go

The singer, actor, and activist lived here during his final years, and now it’s a museum dedicated to his legacy.

The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.

One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

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

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

The only boathouse Frank Lloyd Wright ever designed was also the only unbuilt structure in his famous Wasmuth Portfolio, until 2007.

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This heritage rail line meanders through Delaware’s Red Clay Valley.

A Wes Anderson-esque lighthouse that boasts magnificent coastal views.

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The only fully-realized skyscraper built by the famed American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.