Kutztown, Pennsylvania
Crystal Cave
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Hummelstown, Pennsylvania
These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Naples, Italy
The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.
Paris, France
A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.
Mars, Pennsylvania
Could it have picked a better place to land?
Bradford, Pennsylvania
This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.
Orrtanna, Pennsylvania
An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.
Millvale, Pennsylvania
An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.
Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania
This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.