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Einstein's Brain Slides

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

MĂĽtter Museum

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

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Centralia.

Centralia, Pennsylvania

Centralia Ghost Town Church

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Old Jail Museum

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Old Jail Museum

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

Jim Thorpe Monument in Jim Thorpe, PA

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Jim Thorpe Monument

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

Historic 1776 Dobbin House is the oldest structure in Gettysburg.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Historic Dobbin House

This Pennsylvania structure, the oldest building in Gettysburg, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

The state park boasts the only seashore in the state of Pennsylvania.

Erie, Pennsylvania

Presque Isle State Park

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

The bench

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Bench of Irony

While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.

The lighthouse affords dreamy sunset views.

Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie Land Lighthouse

Climb the first lighthouse commissioned on a Great Lake to a lookout with peaceful, panoramic views.

Haunted Candle Shoppe of the Poconos

Swiftwater, Pennsylvania

Haunted Candle Shoppe of the Poconos

A candle shop hiding a haunted basement once used as a monkey research lab.

Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island Historical Marker

On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.

Quality Tomato Capital of the World Statue

Pittston, Pennsylvania

Quality Tomato Capital of the World Statue

Since the 1930s, this Pennsylvania town has celebrated the humble tomato.

The front of two trains on dispaly

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Steamtown National Historic Site

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

Electric City Trolley Museum

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Electric City Trolley Museum

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

Scranton Iron Furnaces

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Scranton Iron Furnaces

Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.

Jennie Wade House

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Jennie Wade House

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Bill Rhodes’ People Friendly Garden

Hamburg, Pennsylvania

Bill Rhodes’ People Friendly Garden

A wonderous place devoted to art and metal.

More prints!

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Dinosaur Tracks

Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.

Penny Rock

Montrose, Pennsylvania

Penny Rock

Visitors to Salt Springs State Park are encouraged to literally put their two cents in Penny Rock.

Dunkle's Gulf Service.

Bedford, Pennsylvania

Dunkle's Gulf Service

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

French Azilum

Wyalusing, Pennsylvania

French Azilum

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

Appalachian Trail Museum

Gardners, Pennsylvania

Appalachian Trail Museum

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum

Orrtanna, Pennsylvania

Mr. Ed's Elephant Museum

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

The orb knocks over the pegs through the course of the day.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Foucault Pendulum at the Franklin Institute

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

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