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

A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

Journey through a collection of over 35,000 Halloween items from all generations.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.