Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The 'Dowager Empress' Crystal Ball
The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.
Gallitzin, Pennsylvania
A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
An ideal wedding spot that is almost too ideal.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The first American axe throwing club.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.
Columbia, Pennsylvania
North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.
Cooksburg, Pennsylvania
Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.
Loretto, Pennsylvania
The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.