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This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

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

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

Each step is a mere four inches tall, said to be measured by the stride of a woman wearing a hobble skirt.

Dozens upon dozens of boulders engraved with scripture tell the story of one man's troubled life.

One Pittsburgh musician's decades-in-the-making memorabilia collection is on display at this rock-n-roll curio shop.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

Penn State's giant bug collection.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.

Pittsburgh's literal underground railroad.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

The Cold War-era "underground Pentagon" is a sprawling subterranean hideaway for the Defense Department.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

This picturesque stream was up until recently the site of a ten story mountain of slag and sewage.

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