The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

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

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

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

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

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

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

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

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