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Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.

War prevented this Polish composer's body from being returned to his home country for 51 years. Though his ashes eventually made it home, his heart stayed behind.

Dedicated to extinct passenger pigeons.

A eight-foot-tall statue resides in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country.

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

This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.

Benjamin Lay, a fiery abolitionist, is buried outside the Quaker meeting house that disowned him for his beliefs.

A history of the U.S. military, with a focus on Pennsylvania's contributions.

The first burial place of the Harmonist Society, a utopian community for which the surrounding town of Harmony is named.

This 1802 building is the last remaining octagonal schoolhouse in Bucks County.

A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.

The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.

This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.

Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Legend says one of the world's largest marine geysers is actually a whale that got wedged within the rocks.

Just saying the name of this town out loud is said to bring bad luck.

This popular fishing spot at the outflow of a 4.5-mile long hydroelectric tunnel sports a jetty literally made out of classic cars.

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."

The tragic heiress Barbara Woolworth Hutton built her seventh husband this Japanese-inspired palace in Mexico.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.