Places smiller3445 Wants to Go

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.

This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations

The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.

This restored 18th-century house was once the home of Lititz's first tobacconist.

Where the famed frontiersman was born, raised, and survived Quaker intrigue

Delaware's first railroad lasted only five years and spanned only 16 miles, but its ticket office has survived for two centuries.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This tiny cottage surrounded by railroads is the oldest surviving structure in Fairmount Park.

This vintage short line in Amish country runs passenger steam train excursions and still hauls freight.