West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
The Blue Whale of Noah's Ark
The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.
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West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
An imposing pair of sphinxes stand guard outside this Egyptian Revival tomb.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle 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
A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."
Somerset, Pennsylvania
In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.
Irwin, Pennsylvania
This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.
Braddock, Pennsylvania
These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.