Animals in Pennsylvania

An American industrialist hoped this nature preserve could help save the North American bison.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

Beautiful views of the surrounding hills and birds of prey can be found at this sanctuary.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

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

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

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

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

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

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

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

A decorated war pigeon stands guard in eternal taxidermied rest at his alma mater.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

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

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.