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For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Once on display alongside a giant Gumby, it’s as tall as a nine-story building when fully extended.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

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

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

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.