Places tavtapp Wants to Go

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.

Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

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

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

This decommissioned surface-to-surface missile resides outside the American Legion Post in Pennslyvania.

Visitors to Salt Springs State Park are encouraged to literally put their two cents in Penny Rock.

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

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.