The Atlas Obscura Guide To Pleasantville

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania

Updated July 7, 2023

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Pleasantville, Pennsylvania

Pithole City

The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.

Pleasantville, Pennsylvania

The Little Village

A collection of bite-sized buildings creates a magical mini village in the Pennsylvania mountains.

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The reconstructed Drake Oil Well demonstrates the first practical use of salt drilling techniques for the extraction of petroleum through an oil well

Titusville, Pennsylvania

Drake Well Museum

Where the oil industry began.

4 miles from Pleasantville

Tionesta, Pennsylvania

Nebraska Bridge

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

13 miles from Pleasantville

There are walkways over the marshes and wetlands.

Guys Mills, Pennsylvania

Tsuga Trail

Nature adventures await along this 1.2-mile scenic trail in a national wildlife refuge.

19 miles from Pleasantville

Franklin, Pennsylvania

Dairy Queen Apollo Capsule

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

21 miles from Pleasantville

Cooksburg, Pennsylvania

Paved Trail

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

24 miles from Pleasantville

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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania

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