Kamin Science Center
Hands-on science shares the riverfront with a planetarium, a submarine, and a remarkable model of western Pennsylvania.
United States: places and wildlife — page 67
Browse the published Explore collection for United States. Open a discovery for its field guide, practical details, and background.
Senator John Heinz History Center
Six floors connect Pittsburgh's workers, inventions, neighborhoods, sports, and television stories inside a former Strip District warehouse.
Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania
Walk among nearly a hundred historic locomotives and cars, then see what railroad technology changed for work and travel.
Mercer Museum
Henry Mercer's unusual museum suspends boats and carriages above a maze of preindustrial tools, trades, and human ingenuity.
Erie Maritime Museum
A former waterfront power station connects Perry's 1813 victory to the ships, workers, and changing harbor that shaped Erie.
The National Civil War Museum
A chronological, artifact-rich account of the Civil War asks how the conflict began, was lived, and still shapes America.
Liberty Bell Center
See the cracked State House bell, then follow how generations reshaped its meaning of liberty.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Walk the Gettysburg farm where Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower lived, hosted leaders, and raised Angus cattle.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
A small stockade in the Great Meadows opens a much larger story of competing empires and Indigenous alliances.
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Follow charcoal, waterpower, labor, and cast iron through a preserved Pennsylvania furnace village.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Stand above the failed South Fork Dam and trace how one breach devastated the Conemaugh Valley.
Steamtown National Historic Site
Explore a working rail yard, locomotive roundhouse, and museums of steam-era engineering in Scranton.
Washington Crossing Historic Park
Stand where Washington's army set off across the Delaware on Christmas night.
Historic Ephrata Cloister
Read communal religious life in the tall timber houses and working spaces.
Old Economy Village
Explore preserved homes, workshops, and garden of the Harmony Society.
Carrie Blast Furnaces
Tour two immense preserved blast furnaces and discover the workers, technology, and communities behind Pittsburgh steel.
Rodin Museum
See Rodin's bronze and marble works within a tranquil Parkway garden and intimate galleries.
Fort Pitt Museum
Understand Pittsburgh's contested beginnings inside a reconstructed riverside bastion at the Point.
Drake Well Museum and Park
See the 1859 oil-well site and working machinery that transformed modern energy.
Independence Seaport Museum
Explore Delaware River exhibits, cruiser Olympia, and a separately guided historic submarine.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Read American art across two buildings and a remarkable Furness-designed landmark.
Elfreth’s Alley
Walk a lived-in colonial lane, then enter two small houses that tell its working-class story.
Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark
Watch working trains sweep around the Allegheny slope that solved a formidable railroad climb.
Fonthill Castle
Tour Henry Mercer's eccentric concrete home where handmade tiles turn rooms into stories.
Pennsbury Manor
Explore a reconstructed riverside estate that makes William Penn's Pennsylvania tangible and complicated.
Cornwall Iron Furnace
Go inside a rare intact charcoal ironworks and trace the labor behind its furnace.
Philadelphia Zoo
Follow overhead animal trails through the country's first zoological garden.
Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium
Move from wooded animal habitats into a remarkable, family-friendly aquatic world.
National Aviary
Enter immersive habitats where birds move freely above and beside you.
Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village
Visit a protected rockshelter where excavations reshaped North American chronology.
Cherry Springs State Park
See the Milky Way from Pennsylvania's exceptionally dark public observing field.
Kinzua Bridge State Park
Walk an engineering landmark above the gorge that reclaimed part of its giant steel span.
Hickory Run State Park
Cross the remarkable Boulder Field, then find quieter forest trails nearby.
Cook Forest State Park
Stand inside an old-growth forest cathedral of soaring pines above the Clarion River.
Worlds End State Park
Hike Loyalsock Creek's folded mountains, then pause above the valley at Canyon Vista.
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area
Explore the Delaware River corridor where two states meet through waterfalls and forest.
Wissahickon Valley Park
Follow the creek on Forbidden Drive, then climb into Philadelphia's wooded ravines.
Fairmount Park
Find riverside paths, historic houses, and open lawns on both sides of the Schuylkill.
Lehigh Gorge State Park
Ride or walk the Lehigh Gorge Trail between wooded cliffs and the river.
Point State Park
Stand at Pittsburgh's triangular tip where the Allegheny and Monongahela form the Ohio.
Morris Arboretum & Gardens
Move between winding garden paths, mature trees, and elevated canopy views.
Bartram's Garden
Walk the historic Bartram grounds where plant collecting meets a living neighborhood garden.
Chanticleer Garden
Explore expressive garden rooms where bold planting changes from one turn to the next.
Hershey Gardens
Pair a broad rose garden with an indoor butterfly habitat overlooking Hershey.
Tyler Arboretum
Move from cultivated collections into meadows and woodland trails on a historic estate.
The Arboretum at Penn State
Explore botanic gardens, children's spaces, and pollinator habitat at Penn State.
Great Allegheny Passage
Follow a former rail corridor from Pittsburgh toward the mountains and Maryland.
Pine Creek Rail Trail
Follow Pine Creek on a gentle rail grade between canyon walls and forest.