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This Victorian mansion is part heritage museum, part architectural oddity, and part ghost story.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

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

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

Decorative folk arts dot the countryside barns of Berks County. 

Intricate storybook scenes are tucked inside these shadow boxes, which are tucked inside a library in the Pocono Mountains.

The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.

Discover these whole-house works of art in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

Meet Rita the Rock Planter, one of Danish sculptor Thomas Dambo's enormous wooden trolls.

Once named the “world’s oldest gas station” due to its unusual construction material.

One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

Gleaming self-built castle towers made from beer cans and inspired by "Vitamin Mary Jane."

A stark reminder of the huge nuclear weapons plant that once stood on the site and its effect on the surrounding area.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

The moving metal works of one troubled artist can still be viewed on his front lawn... for now.

This depiction of the earth mother welcomes new life into Aurora Highlands.