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A working lighthouse is featured in one of four Pittsburgh houses that doubles as art installations.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Troy Hill Art Houses

Discover these whole-house works of art in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood.

See the Helen furnace, a relic of Clarion County’s iron-powered past.

Clarion, Pennsylvania

Helen (Highland) Furnace

The cold-blast iron furnace generated 1,000 tons of iron per year at its peak.

The Philadelphia Merchants’ Exchange Building façade is an iconic fixture in the Old City.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Merchants’ Exchange Building

Trace the history of the nation’s early days at the site of America’s oldest stock exchange.

Take a short loop trail to see the possibly 8,000-year-old Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry.

New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania

The Hoverter and Sholl Box Huckleberry

A living relic that sat largely unknown for years. 

“Historic Site Plaque” (2021) by Lenka Clayton and Phillip Andrew Lewis.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Historic Site Plaque

Playful installation outside a Pittsburgh art gallery might feature the world's longest historic-plaque text.

The Hadany Arch was built in 1978 east of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Muncy, Pennsylvania

Hadany Arch

This sculpture brings optical illusion to the roadway.

Traveling southeast along The Galbraith Gap Trail in Rothrock State Forest.

Boalsburg, Pennsylvania

Galbraith Gap

Hikers, bikers and nature lovers appreciate this gateway to nature.

Williamsport’s Carl E. Stotz created a smaller field for younger baseball players.

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Original Little League

See the place where little league baseball was born.

A simple plaque and stone marks the grave of Washington's bodyguard.

Montgomery, Pennsylvania

George Washington’s Bodyguard’s Grave

This grave in a small cemetery marks of one of the first U.S. president’s protectors during the Revolutionary War.

Enjoy seeing the lavish homes built by the moguls of yore..

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Millionaires’ Row

Tour the row, actually a few blocks, where 19th century lumber barons built their grand homes.

A plaque telling the story of the Tuscarora Academy.

Mifflin, Pennsylvania

Tuscarora Academy Museum

A former church turned school, turned museum, this building houses artifacts both unusual and mundane.

 Stereoscopes became a popular form of in-home entertainment in the mid 19th-century. |

Meadville, Pennsylvania

Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum

A small town in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, is home to a former world leader in stereoscopic photography.  

The Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum displays artifacts from its history of important inhabitants.

Meadville, Pennsylvania

Baldwin Reynolds House Museum

This historic estate was home to a girls’ seminary before housing Meadville’s first mayor.

There are walkways over the marshes and wetlands.

Guys Mills, Pennsylvania

Tsuga Trail

Nature adventures await along this 1.2-mile scenic trail in a national wildlife refuge.

Hex signs can be seen on the side of this barn at Hawk Valley Farms.

Kutztown, Pennsylvania

Barn Stars of Berks County 

Decorative folk arts dot the countryside barns of Berks County. 

Pictures of the Future

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pictures of the Future

This artwork in a Pennsylvania forest will gradually be overtaken by nature.

Check out the unique way the vertical beams fan out on this historical bridge.

Schellsburg, Pennsylvania

Colvin Covered Bridge

See this covered bridge's unique structure and enjoy a nearby lake-side loop trail.

A similar view to the vintage postcard with the modern Willard Building in the background.

State College, Pennsylvania

Penn State Obelisk

This stone polylith serves as both a 100+ year old experiment and monument to the history of science.

The Annual Reminder Marker

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Annual Reminder Marker

Where some of America's earliest LGBTQ rights protests marched each Fourth of July

View looking down Front street toward Pine

Laporte Township, Pennsylvania

Celestia

The forest has reclaimed nearly everything—streets included—from this failed Pennsylvania "City of Heaven" that was once deeded directly to God.

Malcolm Gross Rose Garden

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Malcolm Gross Rose Garden

A sprawling bloom-filled refuge with walking paths, benches, and a fountain at its center

Devil’s Pulpit at Lehigh Gap

Slatington, Pennsylvania

Devil’s Pulpit at Lehigh Gap

A rocky ledge above the Lehigh River, wrapped in devilish folklore and broad valley views

Metallurgical Worker and Metallurgical Science Statues

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Metallurgical Worker and Metallurgical Science Statues

Bronze guardians of steel’s glory, now standing outside the Allentown Art Museum

Easton’s Crayola Crayons and Markers Statues

Easton, Pennsylvania

Easton’s Crayola Crayons and Markers Statues

The birthplace of the beloved colorful crayons right in downtown Easton

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