Braddock, Pennsylvania
Joe Magarac Statue
The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.
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Braddock, Pennsylvania
The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
The final resting place of the Hollywood star who came to a tragic end.
Marietta, Pennsylvania
An industrial waste tourist attraction.
Hanover, Pennsylvania
These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.
Frackville, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania’s creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.
Cresco, Pennsylvania
These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Carnegie, Pennsylvania
Where the "World Pinball Champion” is crowned.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.
Allenwood, Pennsylvania
Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.
New Castle, Pennsylvania
This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
Austin, Pennsylvania
When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Meadville, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.
Archbald, Pennsylvania
It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.