Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A surreal, interdimensional shopping center and portal to another universe by Meow Wolf.

Chase waterfalls, hiking trails and more.

Tucked into Pittsburgh’s North Side, the Mattress Factory is a labyrinth of permanent, room-sized installations where artists transform entire spaces into mind-bending, immersive worlds.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

This shop filled with oddities and knick-knacks is named for a 19th-century charlatan.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

This cast-iron canine is a beloved icon among the people of Johnstown and ice hockey fans everywhere.

A museum dedicated to "science, history and the arts" little changed since 1915.

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

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.