This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.