Places bluestargirl Wants to Go

Overshadowed by quilts, the artistry of these patterned textiles went underappreciated for too long.

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

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

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

Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

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

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

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

Where the oil industry began.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.

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

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

A small museum along the Susquehanna River is home to a rich collection of Native American artifacts.