The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Pennsylvania
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated June 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 660 roadside attractions in Pennsylvania.
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1. Globe Tower
Somerset, PA
Slowly rotating full-color earth atop a tall tower is also a billboard for a local dry cleaning establishment.
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2. Oldest Drive-In Movie Theater
Orefield, PA
America's oldest still-operating drive-in movie theater first flickered onto its outdoor screen on April 15, 1934. For sound, the old car window speakers have been retired in favor of FM radio transmission.
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3. World's Largest Pizza Cutter
Erie, PA
The handle is eight feet long and the stainless steel cutting wheel is five feet in diameter. Displayed outdoors cutting a pizza painted on the ground.
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4. Abandoned PA Turnpike - "The Road" Movie Location
Breezewood, PA
Several miles of roadway, abandoned as part of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the 1960s, feature two long scary tunnels open to public hikers and bikers. Shooting location for 2009 post-apocalypse movie "The Road."
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5. McKinley Statue: Death Mask Accurate
Reading, PA
When Edward Pausch unveiled his statue of William McKinley in 1905 he knew it was a good likeness, since he'd modeled the face on a death mask he'd made of the assassinated President in 1901.
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6. Silo Lighthouse
Orefield, PA
A family farm grain silo has been modified to resemble a lighthouse.
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7. Lincoln Train Museum
Gettysburg, PA
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8. Haunted Wedding Dress (Gone)
Altoona, PA
The museum still exists, but the haunted wedding dress is no longer displayed.
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9. Victims of Millard Fillmore's Salute
Erie, PA
In 1849 President Zachary Taylor was laid up in Erie by a stomach cramp. VP Millard Fillmore paid him a visit. When Fillmore left, the U.S. Steamer Michigan fired a salute, but the gun blew up and killed two sailors. They're buried here, with a headstone that briefly recounts the
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10. Killer Smog Marker
Donora, PA
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11. Jimmy Stewart Statue
Indiana, PA
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12. Monument to Mythical Massacre
Loganton, PA
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13. Shipping Container House
Yardley, PA
16 shipping containers were assembled in a unique architectural design, as a private home. Recycle!
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14. 9/11 North Tower Steel Cross
Shanksville, PA
A steel cross made from the North Tower of The World Trade Center, dedicated to the passengers of Flight 93, who "saw their untimely fate before them and chose to defeat evil to ensure America's freedom."
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15. Phil's Burrow: Home of Punxsutawney Phil
Punxsutawney, PA
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16. Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania
Wellsboro, PA
Pine Creek Gorge is 50 miles long and over 1000 feet deep. Park overlook has restrooms and binoc-viewers -- just like the other Grand Canyon.
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17. Lumpy Mr. Rogers Statue
Pittsburgh, PA
At 11 feet tall and 7,000 pounds, Fred "Mud Monster" Rogers is supposed to be endearing. Mostly he's just lumpy.
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18. Dinner in a Beer Dungeon
Mount Joy, PA
Dine among giant wooden barrels, in a 19th century vaulted rock bunker 43 feet below ground. Dine traditionally or at special themed "feasts" with themes such as Pirates and Ancient Rome.
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19. Frank Frazetta Museum
East Stroudsburg, PA
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20. Mammoth Discovered Here
Spring Lake, PA
A bronze marker and barn painting celebrate the unearthing of a Mammoth skeleton here in 1983, although both of them get the year wrong and misspell "Woolly" as "Wooly."
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21. 1969 Gulf Gas Station
Clarks Summit, PA
Restored in 2019, inside and out, to its 1969/29-a-gallon appearance. A very thorough job, including a gas pumping attendant dummy (but you can't buy actual gas here).
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22. Greenville Railroad Park
Greenville, PA
A big old steam engine -- claimed to be the largest of its kind -- and some railroad cars, parked right beside the road, showcase the history of Greenville railroading.
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23. Old Baldy: Horse Hero Head
Philadelphia, PA
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24. Choo Choo Barn
Strasburg, PA
Lancaster County reproduced in miniature, as an excuse for a lavish model train layout with animated scenes.
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25. Pennhurst Haunted Asylum
Spring City, PA
The old Pennhurst State School and Hospital, notorious for barbaric treatment of patients and closed since 1986, reopened in 2010 as a seasonal haunted facility and gore-fest Halloween attraction. Includes the Tunnel of Terror and the Dungeon of Lost Souls.
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