Places SL Wants to Go

A novel collection of medical curiosities housed in an 18th-century surgeon training academy.

These vibrant row houses are a unique example of Baltimore kitsch.

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.

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

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.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

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

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

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

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

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

America's Most Wanted's set resides in this tribute to the history of crime and punishment.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.