Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Gargoyle Fountain
Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.
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Pottsville, Pennsylvania
Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.
Manheim, Pennsylvania
One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.
Landenberg, Pennsylvania
The first marker along the famous boundary.
Stahlstown, Pennsylvania
A piece of crumbling highway infrastructure was repurposed as a high-tech facility for testing racecars.
Industry, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.
Ronks, Pennsylvania
A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.
Ronks, Pennsylvania
A comprehensive collection of toy and model trains, largely from the mid-20th century.
Foxburg, Pennsylvania
The oldest continually operating golf course in the United States.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.
Indiana, Pennsylvania
The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.
Danville, Pennsylvania
Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.
Chester, Pennsylvania
Surrounded by industrial sprawl, a small monument marks the site of William Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.
Mildred, Pennsylvania
This decommissioned surface-to-surface missile resides outside the American Legion Post in Pennslyvania.
Landenberg, Pennsylvania
The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.
Hanover, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.