Places chrissyml Wants to Go

Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

An unusual and eclectic collection of local historical memorabilia.

The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.

A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

Where the famed frontiersman was born, raised, and survived Quaker intrigue

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

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

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

This historic Pittsburgh tennis complex is a rare example of natural red clay courts.

This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.

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

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

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

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

A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.

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

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

No one knows who painted this mysterious mural in a Penn State basement.

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.