Ten Most Unusual places to visit in PA (Philadelphia, Harrisburg: military, mall)

[pman]

Top 10 Most Unusual Places to Visit in Pennsylvania

[MatildaLoo]

Actually French Azilum isn't in Eagles Mere. It's in Bradford County south of Towanda.

French Azilum

Good list, but where's Centralia???? Hehe.

[SPSGuy]

Lititz is a nice little town to walk around.

I think Jim Thorpe should definitely be on that list though.

[villageidiot1]

The piece about the Big Mac Museum is somewhat confusing. First he states he was surprised when he discovered this museum near Harrisburg PA. But the museum is in North Huntingdon, which is 180 miles from Harrisburg.

Then he states the Big Mac was invented near North Huntingdon PA. But the big Mac was invented in Uniontown, which is 40 miles from North Huntingdon.

[Ohiogirl81]

That article was a little underwhelming. I was expecting funky weird stuff and got pretzels.

[ki0eh]

That guy must have gotten on the Turnpike in Cranberry Twp, followed the "Harrisburg" direction, driven for quite a while, and found himself in Irwin.

[MatildaLoo]

Originally Posted by SPSGuy

Lititz is a nice little town to walk around.

I think Jim Thorpe should definitely be on that list though.

Me too, but I'm biased

[pman]

I don't think mauch chunk belongs on a list of most unusual places (ten places you should visit in PA, sure). wissahickon cave is a good one, probably not something most people think of when they think of Philadelphia. Lititz isn't unusual, but perhaps the Ephrata cloister is. I do remember reading about a gigantic church/monastery somewhere in western pa. Ive also read that the monk's at St Vincent used to brew beer. the big mac section is poorly written but perhaps deserves a spot on the list. all in all it's a mixed bag I guess. what unusual sites should be on the list?

[MatildaLoo]

Well speaking of Eagles Mere, there's a place not far from there that was founded by a guy named Peter Armstrong as a religious community. It was called Celestia. I don't know if there is much there now except for maybe some old foundations, though.

http://explorepahistory.com/hmarker.php?markerId=1-A-46

I agree that Mauch Chunk (I like that you used its "real name," lol) shouldn't be on the list. A great place for tourists but not too unusual. Although... there is this:

Handprint on Jail Cell 17 Wall: Jim Thorpe, PA: Ghostly Sign of Innocence by a Condemned Man | Suite101.com

There's always the Monroeville Mall in Western Pa. It's just a mall but it's also where they filmed Dawn of the Dead, which is kind of cool.

There's also Frick's Lock, which now is a little less creepy than it was back in the 90s because they declared it a historic district.

Fricks Locks Historic District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Near Nanticoke in Luzerne County is a place called Concrete City, which was one of the earliest examples of prefab housing. Now people use it for paint ball and the local National Guard units use it for military training exercises.

The Concrete City

Weird Us has some stuff listed but a lot of it is fairly underwhelming.

Weird Pennsylvania

[Gerania]

It seems that the guy didn't even visit the Shoe House.