Places sheinsis Wants to Go

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Penn State's giant bug collection.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

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

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

This 19th century machine put animals (including humans) in boxes to study how they metabolized calories.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.