Weatherly, Pennsylvania
Eckley Miners' Village
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
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Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania
A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.
Danville, Pennsylvania
Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.
Grampian, Pennsylvania
Rocky outcrops containing overhangs, caves, fissures, clefts, and alcoves that invite exploration and scrambling.
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.
Austin, Pennsylvania
When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
A sycamore tree grown from seeds that traveled to the moon.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.
Loretto, Pennsylvania
The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.
Gallitzin, Pennsylvania
A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.
Imler, Pennsylvania
It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.
Vintondale, Pennsylvania
The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.
Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.
Dawson, Pennsylvania
A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.
Farmington, Pennsylvania
This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.
Salem, West Virginia
This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.