Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke Pinball Museum
This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.
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Roanoke, Virginia
This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.
Quicksburg, Virginia
An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Columbia, Maryland
A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
New Hope, Pennsylvania
This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.