what is there to see and do in Pennsylvania

All I Could Afford, out of Hustontown off PA RT 655,is an abandon tunnel from years ago from the old pike. Way off the beaten path, and gives you an eerie feeling walking in the end, damp, sort of dark, until you are far enough in to see the opposite end. I believe it is in Fulton County but not certain.

My home state of Pa has a number of great museums like the Oil Museum in Titusville where Col Drake discovered oil. The military museum in Boalsburg profiles every Pennsylvania military unit from the French and Indian War through Desert Storm. The Pa train Museum in Strasburg has many interesting displays and lot's of trains. In Berks County where I live,we have the Gruber Wagon Works and the Howard Heister Canal Museum. They are located across from the Reading Airport. The Mid Atlantic Air Museum is located at the Airport. In my hometown we have the Robesonia Furnace Museum. Message me for a tour of that. Also Hopewell Village National Historic site is a restored 17th century Iron Furnace located next to French Creek State Park. The Piper Aircraft Museum is located in Loch Haven,Pa. About 10 miles west of Loch Haven is Bald Eagle lake State Park. Nice campground with a large lake. Some have electric and other sites have full hookups.

Speaking of the Pennsylvania Turnpike reminds me that there are a few old abandoned sections of the highway out there that are interesting for bike rides or just walking, if you’re into old infrastructure like me.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YE7Ch7tN4F0

IIRC, years back sections of the turnpike had a chicken wire fence separating the lanes.
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bobsallyh wrote:
As a former 50 plus year resident of the Keystone, my favorite saying was "the turnpike should pay me to drive that POS" not me pay them!

Years ago, there was an investigative article in the Allentown paper regarding the fact that the Turnpike commission was wasting 4X that amount, per mile, to operate their road, as compared to what Penn Dot spends to operate Interstate 80. Since then they have gotten worse and have significant yearly toll increases planned for as far out as they will project. Much like the PLCB, they seem to have enough politicians bought and paid for, that they have no limits to the greed and waste they wallow in.

As a former 50 plus year resident of the Keystone, my favorite saying was "the turnpike should pay me to drive that POS" not me pay them!

Philadelphia is a great attraction seeing all the historic sites there.
Pittsburgh is a great city with views, history, food, shopping etc.
Gettysburg is the most memorialized battlefield in the world. Over 1300 monuments, markers plus cannon, museums and a beautiful landscape.
Trout fishing. Central Pa has great all year trout fishing.
Flight 93 Memorial. Tastefully done.
Covered bridges all over the state.
Amish country.
Hershey.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and Kentuck knob near Ohiopyle.
Amusement Parks. Kennywood, Idewild, Hershey Parks.
Johnstown Flood Museum.
Pocono's.
French and Indian War Battlefields.
Great train museum in Strasburg.
Youghiogheny River has great white water rafting.

We are going to Pa. in August. We have been to Pa. several times, but this trip will be different. Our destination will be the Flight 93 Memorial in Shanksville. After that visit we will head back into West Va.

Horseshoe curve is a great railroad sight near Altoona. It's in a relaxing rural setting where you can have a picnic and watch trains go buy. We always stop there with the family when in the area, the boys and I love to watch trains.
I've been to the Flight 93 memorial years ago when it wasn't quite finished yet and it was worth the visit then. I'm sure it would be even better by now.
There's also Raystown Lake if you like boating.

Lynnmor wrote:
Lumberman's Museum, PA's Grand Canyon and the high PA Turnpike tolls along with the highest fuel tax in the nation.

I totally agree on the whole turnpike scam. As for the highest taxes in the nation, great! We live in a nation where the collective delusion is that infrastructure somehow magically maintains itself, with no tax dollars needed. Prior to the massive tax bump, PA was literally decomposing, with a massive number of substandard bridges, and roads. Hundreds of road closures and emergency bridge closures due to literally neglecting the system for decades, and starving the DOT of funds. Things are improving, and our conservative legislature has finally dropped the delusion that all taxes are evil and unnecessary. When we actually have gas taxes that are commensurate with the cost of maintaining and improving our transportation infrastructure, I can assure you that they will be a heck of a lot more that $0.58 a gallon. At some point, common sense will prevail, and we will stop limiting ourselves, by allowing some of the most backward and degraded infrastructure in the first world to define our future. At that point, fuel cost will be on par with the rest of the developed countries, and $3/gallon gas will be a fond memory.