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Santa Maria La Scala village stairs and buildings.

Acireale, Italy

Santa Maria La Scala

A hidden fishing village on Sicily's Ionian coast, known for the legend of a shepherd, a nymph, and a jealous Cyclops.

(Flickr/muscolinos)

Caltagirone, Italy

Ceramic Steps of Caltagirone

142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.

The Hadany Arch was built in 1978 east of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Muncy, Pennsylvania

Hadany Arch

This sculpture brings optical illusion to the roadway.

The Youghiogheny River, which runs through Ohiopyle State Park, can be seen from several hiking spots.

Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania

Ohiopyle State Park

Chase waterfalls, hiking trails and more.

Enjoy seeing the lavish homes built by the moguls of yore..

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Millionaires’ Row

Tour the row, actually a few blocks, where 19th century lumber barons built their grand homes.

Yuengling, formerly called Eagle Brewery, offers tours in its historic Pottsville location.

Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Yuengling Brewery

This oldest brewery in the U.S. has lived through fire, Prohibition, and six generations of family ownership.

A view of Hershey Gardens and its conservatory which feature assortment of 3,000 roses representing 115 varieties.

Hershey, Pennsylvania

Hershey Gardens

Themed gardens, a conservatory, and a rose named for Milton Hershey, all overlooking Hersheypark.

Howard Tunnel

Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania

Howard Tunnel

This is the second-oldest rail tunnel in the United States that is still in use today.

6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Monument

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Memorial

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.

Three Mile Island nuclear power plant.

Middletown, Pennsylvania

Three Mile Island Historical Marker

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

A marker making the "first shot" claim.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg’s First Shot Marker

This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.

Army War College Erased Names

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

U.S. Army War College Erased Names Plaque

Honorable ranks graduating from the prestigious Army War College work hard to maintain their high standards of honor and erase those who don't.

In the outside yard.

Ronks, Pennsylvania

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.

The National Toy Train Museum

Ronks, Pennsylvania

The National Toy Train Museum

A comprehensive collection of toy and model trains, largely from the mid-20th century.

Gettysburg Cyclorama

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Cyclorama

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

Appalachian Trail Museum

Gardners, Pennsylvania

Appalachian Trail Museum

A museum dedicated to the history & joys of the trail & your best chance to see hikers throwing up ice cream.

Panorama from the overlook.

Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania

Kinzua Bridge

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Fallingwater over the falls

Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Fallingwater

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Hotel del Coronado.

San Diego, California

Hotel del Coronado

L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Corolla Wild Horses

Corolla, North Carolina

Corolla Wild Horses

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Jockey's Ridge

Nags Head, North Carolina

Jockey's Ridge

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Bradham Family Markers in relation to obelisk (02.2022)

New Bern, North Carolina

Pepsi Inventor Caleb Bradham's Grave

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

Gravestones at the British Cemetery .

Ocracoke, North Carolina

British Cemetery of Ocracoke

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

A church still stands in Portsmouth, NC.

Ocracoke, North Carolina

Portsmouth Village

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

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