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Gargoyle Fountain

Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Gargoyle Fountain

Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.

Electric City Trolley Museum

Scranton, Pennsylvania

Electric City Trolley Museum

A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.

Welcome to the Chocolate Kingdom.

Sharon, Pennsylvania

Daffin's Chocolate Kingdom

Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.

General Braddock's grave

Farmington, Pennsylvania

General Braddock's Gravesite(s)

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

The Newspaper Reader

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

'Newspaper Reader'

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

Big Chiques Bridge #4

Manheim, Pennsylvania

Big Chiques Bridge #4

One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.

Mason-Dixon Line Marker “Mile 1”

Landenberg, Pennsylvania

Mason-Dixon Line Marker “Mile 1”

The first marker along the famous boundary.

Laurel Hill Tunnel Racecar Testing
Permanently Closed

Stahlstown, Pennsylvania

Laurel Hill Tunnel Racecar Testing

A piece of crumbling highway infrastructure was repurposed as a high-tech facility for testing racecars.

Old Lock Six on the Ohio River

Industry, Pennsylvania

Merrill Lock No. 6

One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.

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.

Foxburg Country Club.

Foxburg, Pennsylvania

Foxburg Country Club

The oldest continually operating golf course in the United States.

Exposition Park Marker

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Exposition Park Marker

A piece of baseball history is preserved in a Pittsburgh parking lot.

Museum entrance

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Jimmy Stewart Museum

The hometown of movie legend, military officer and All-American guy next door, honors this great actor.

Knoxville Incline Overlook Park - stairs near Welsh Way

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Knoxville Incline Overlook Park & Greenway

An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.

Montour Preserve Fossil Pit

Danville, Pennsylvania

Montour Preserve Fossil Pit

Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.

Armstrong Tunnel

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Armstrong Tunnel

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

William Penn Landing Site

Chester, Pennsylvania

William Penn Landing Site

Surrounded by industrial sprawl, a small monument marks the site of William Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania.

Behind the stone is a glass jar with Civil War mementos and soldiers' names

Lewistown, Pennsylvania

Soldiers and Sailors Monument

A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.

The missile as seen from the gas station across the street.

Mildred, Pennsylvania

MGM-13 Mace Missile

This decommissioned surface-to-surface missile resides outside the American Legion Post in Pennslyvania.

Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

Landenberg, Pennsylvania

Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.

Conewago Chapel, June 2016

Hanover, Pennsylvania

Conewago Chapel

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.

Bedford Springs Resort

Bedford, Pennsylvania

Bedford Springs Resort

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

Lincoln Highway Experience

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Lincoln Highway Experience

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

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