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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Wilkes Barre

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Updated August 31, 2022

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These train cars were converted into bars and hotel rooms.

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre Abandoned Train Station

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.
From the base of the creek

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Seven Tubs at Pinchot State Forest

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.
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The Huber breaker today.

Ashley, Pennsylvania

Huber Breaker

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.
2 miles from Wilkes-Barre
The abandoned building.

Pittston, Pennsylvania

Abandoned Knox Coal Distribution Center

The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.
6 miles from Wilkes-Barre
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Concrete City

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania

Concrete City

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.
6 miles from Wilkes-Barre

Pittston, Pennsylvania

Quality Tomato Capital of the World Statue

Since the 1930s, this Pennsylvania town has celebrated the humble tomato.
7 miles from Wilkes-Barre

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Lackawanna Coal Mine

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.
14 miles from Wilkes-Barre
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