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

This Philly landmark has a giant butterfly pavilion, three floors of insect displays, and withstood a $40,000 heist.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

A rare example of a rural school in Washington, D.C.

Once a sewer culvert, this road tunnel now offers cyclists and pedestrians a subterranean stroll under the C&O Canal.