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Pennsylvania Tourist AttractionsGuide to roadside oddities and other weird, strange and unusual attractions in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania tourist attractions include a roller coaster ride into amusement park history. A view America from coast to coast - in miniature. Taking a glass bottom boat through an all-water cavern. And in winter Pennsylvania, doing a Hans Brinker
This cool Pennsylvania tourist attraction is a campground. Okay. So what's cool about this particular campground?
Well, for starter, there's an old 1750s grist mill on the grounds.
Yeah? And? There's lots of grist mills around. Some are museums now. Some are other things. Some are falling to pieces. Ah, but this one is a working grist mill. And now here's the really cool thing! You can have pancakes the next morning made from mix from grains they've ground at the mill! (There's a store at the campground that carries their pancake mixes.) Now how cool is that???? Ye Olde Mill Campground is 5 miles from Exit 180 of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Phone: (717) 987-3244
Conneaut Lake Park is an old-fashioned amusement park with lots of cool rides. Especially the old wooden roller coaster.
Photo courtesy casabrian.com
The park was first opened in 1892. The roller coaster isn't quite that old, but it's still pretty old. It was built in 1937 and called the BLUE STREAK. Here's a great book about this old Pennsylvania tourist attraction and other roller coasters Location: Conneaut Lake Park is at 12382 Center Street / Conneaut Lake, PA Phone: 814-382-5115
Penn's Cave is the only all-water cavern tour in America. A flat-bottom boat trip takes you through winding cavern passageways and onto Lake Nitanee at the other side. Then you go back through the limestone caverns again. One COOL RIDE. (Really. Bring a jacket.)
Penn's Cave and Wildlife Park is 5 miles east of Centre Hall, PA
You can take a cool ride with him --on the Lincoln Train Ride at the Lincoln Train Museum. It's a simulated journey in the Presidential Train that takes you through the Civil War countryside to Gettysburg. The Lincoln Train Museum is at 425 Steinwehr Avenue / Gettysburg, PA
Did you know that?
And there's a shoe house. NOT using a real shoe. Well, unless maybe it’s one of
Paul Bunyon’s
or
Johnny Kaw’s.
Photo courtesy jarretsville.org
The Shoe House is at 197 Shoe House Rd. overlooking Rt 30 near Hallam, Pennsylvania.
How about a potato chip factory tour? The Utz family started making potato chips back in 1921. Can you imagine how many gazillion tons of potatoes they've gone through since then? Tour their factory and try a sample of their chips. The UTZ Potato Chip Factory is at 900 High Street / Hanover, PA. Phone: 800-367-7629
And the streetlights in Hershey are Pennsyvania tourist attractions! They're shaped like Hershey's Kisses! Candy shaped streetlights are really truly roadside oddities! Here's some candy cane streetlights.
The Delaware Canal parallels the Delaware River. The entire length of the canal from Morrisville to Easton is the Delaware Canal State Park.
Winter is a great time to visit. You can ski the towpath. Or do a Hans Brinker imitation and skate for miles down the frozen canal.
Here's a great site for ice skating tips and other places to skate in Pennsylvania and New Jersey in case the Delaware Canal isn't open for skating.
Roadside America, Inc is actually a huge miniature village.
It is full of small carved houses and buildings. There's lots of movement, too. Trains clack along the tracks, through tunnels and over bridges. An old grist mill grinds.
The idea for this popular Pennsylvania tourist attraction began when a young boy got lost on a mountain. When you go to Roadside America, INC. make sure you get off 1-78 at Exit 23 at Shartlesville. Look for the larger-than-life Amish couple...
Photos courtesy Roadside America, INC.
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down the frozen canals.
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Watch out for unevenly frozen sections under trees.
