Unusual attractions and sights in PA? Need ideas please!

Submitted by sporkishbooking t3_yktcok in Pennsylvania

Lived in PA as a child and just moved back, brought my partner with me. I want to take him to all the most unusual attractions, Roadside America style. I think a trip to Mutter Museum and where they filmed the Romero movie, but I actually live central so I’d prefer not to drive too far for most of them. Ideas?

Oh, the acorn ufo place too!!!!

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IrrumaboMalum t1_iuv3sv1 wrote

If you're talking about Dawn of the Dead, don't bother. Its literally just a mall and it sucks now compared to back in the day.

FUN FACT: Dawn of the Dead was set in Philadelphia, but filmed in Pittsburgh.

"Dawn of the Dead

Monroeville Mall is most famous as the filming location for the 1978 movie Dawn of the Dead, directed by George A. Romero. In 1977, George A. Romero began filming Dawn of the Dead on location at the Monroeville Mall. All filming inside the mall took place at night after the mall had closed, with filming often continuing until dawn. Filming inside the mall began in October 1977, but had to be suspended when Christmas decorations were hung shortly after Thanksgiving. Filming resumed in January after the decorations were removed. It was during that break that much of the mall's exterior shots were filmed, as well as filming at other locations. In the film's storyline, the mall was used as a fortress to protect four human survivors from a world taken over by the walking dead. Several pictures taken during the filming are on display in a room on the upper level near Macy's. In addition, Monroeville Zombies, located on the lower level near Macy's, featured an in-store museum and gift shop dedicated to celebrating zombies in film and pop culture. The museum's main focus was Dawn of the Dead and contained artifacts, memorabilia, scale models of the mall as depicted in the movie and a boiler room walk through with various life-sized replicas of movie zombies.[9] In 2013, the museum was relocated to Evans City, PA, home of the original film Night of the Living Dead. In October of 2020 the Living Dead Museum relocated back to the Monroeville Mall and is located on the upper level."

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monthoftheman t1_iuvaii6 wrote

Grand canyon of pa.. Ricketts glen state park. First oil well in USA, forget location, but extreme western pa. Check 'atlas obscura' for unusual places in pa and elsewhere. It may be online.

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moonwish22 t1_iuvg4sy wrote

You can take a tour of the revolutionary war forts and the historical sites.

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SNARK63 t1_iuvvyxi wrote

Mr Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium in Orrtanna 🐘 🍭

The Haines Shoe House in York 👞🏠

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vortical42 t1_iuvwv6r wrote

Penn's Cave isn't too far from you. Are you looking for small and overlooked or more 'weird/supernatural' attractions?

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No-Setting9690 t1_iuwv915 wrote

Think oldest bush in world is in Harrisburg. Forget details, spans like 2 miles, goes under highway too. There's a plaque for it.

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the_not_so_shy_guy t1_iuxqhsp wrote

Devils road (cossart rd) in chadds ford area is where they filmed the village. Lots of cool folk tales about the area too. Just be careful, you could get a fine driving down it. Locals are tired of kids going there.

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Olive_the_CPA t1_iuz772p wrote

Lady of the Susquehanna https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mini-statue-of-liberty-harrisburg

Bube's Brewery (specifically the Catacombs) https://bubesbrewery.com/restaurants/catacombs/

Ephrata Cloister https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-ephrata-cloister-ephrata-pennsylvania

Wheatland https://www.lancasterhistory.org/about-wheatland/

Shoe House https://www.hainesshoehouse.com/

Oldest Tree in PA https://www.frugallancaster.com/2020/09/12/lancaster-county-old-sycamore-tree/#:~:text=Over%20the%20centuries%20it%20has,old%20in%20the%20year%201900.

Watch and Clock Museum https://www.nawcc.org/visit/

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vortical42 t1_ivv8u3v wrote

Replying to sporkishbooking (#495,906)

Gettysburg is the place you want then. In addition to the legit historical sites, there are a bunch of reported hauntings and tours to take you to them. If you want to go further, Pennhurst Asylum and Eastern State Penitentiary are both supposed to be haunted AF but I don't know when or if they are open to the public.

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