Lilly, Pennsylvania
Cresson Sanatorium and Prison
This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.
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Lilly, Pennsylvania
This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania
Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.
Middletown, Pennsylvania
On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
In use from 1742 to 1910, only flat headstones were allowed in this cemetery.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
This museum focuses on the history and culture of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.
Easton, Pennsylvania
Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.
Ronks, Pennsylvania
A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
A converted hangar displays dozens of helicopters, from a famous 1943 rescue chopper to several autogyros.
Pine Swamp, Pennsylvania
A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Benjamin Franklin all slept at this humble inn.
Industry, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.
Coplay, Pennsylvania
The lasting remains of the region's once booming cement industry.
Shenks Ferry, Pennsylvania
A sacred collection of indigenous rock art.
Germantown, Pennsylvania
Hidden behind an empty field resides this early 19th-century cemetery.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
An underground blaze turned this village into a ghost town.
Chester, Pennsylvania
Surrounded by industrial sprawl, a small monument marks the site of William Penn's first landing in Pennsylvania.
Boyers, Pennsylvania
The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.
Rockhill, Pennsylvania
Catch a ride through the Pennsylvania countryside on this historic narrow-gauge railroad.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An abandoned incline railway site is now a green space with six acres of trails connecting hilltop neighborhoods.
Washington, Pennsylvania
Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.
Emmaus, Pennsylvania
A "house to which to flee" for settlers in colonial Pennsylvania.