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Metal monsters made from repurposed materials lurk alongside this Pennsylvania road.

Considered by many to be a local landmark and treasure.

Visit a fourth-generation farm and museum dedicated to everyone's favorite fungi.

This family of wooden moose statues have become local celebrities in their hometown.

A converted hangar displays dozens of helicopters, from a famous 1943 rescue chopper to several autogyros.

The lasting remains of the region's once booming cement industry.

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

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

A unique sculpture designed to raise stroke awareness.

Designed by the company that provided water to the entire community.

Since the 1930s, this Pennsylvania town has celebrated the humble tomato.

A wonderous place devoted to art and metal.

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.

While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.

A sycamore tree grown from seeds that traveled to the moon.

A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.

War prevented this Polish composer's body from being returned to his home country for 51 years. Though his ashes eventually made it home, his heart stayed behind.

A collection of bite-sized buildings creates a magical mini village in the Pennsylvania mountains.

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

In use from 1742 to 1910, only flat headstones were allowed in this cemetery.

A monument to an Irish secret society thought to be responsible for a string of violent attacks in Pennsylvania coal mines.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.