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

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Honorable ranks graduating from the prestigious Army War College work hard to maintain their high standards of honor and erase those who don't.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

Could it have picked a better place to land?

One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.

These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.

This abandoned iron furnace was one of the first to use coke—a type of high-carbon fuel—to make iron.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

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

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.