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2. Knoebels Amusement Resort - Wikipedia

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   Website. www .knoebels .com. Knoebels Amusement Resort ( / kəˈnoʊbəlz /) is a family-owned and operated amusement park, picnic grove, and campground in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. Opened in 1926, it is the United States's largest free-admission park. The park has more than 60 rides including three wooden roller coasters, three steel roller ...

3. List of National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   436 Grant Street. 40°26′18″N 79°59′46″W. /  40.4384°N 79.9961°W  / 40.4384; -79.9961  ( Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail) Allegheny. Spectacular jail and courthouse designed by architect Henry Hobson Richardson in a Romanesque style. 4. Allegheny Portage Railroad of the Pennsylvania Canal.

4. List of Pennsylvania state parks - Wikipedia

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   Admission to all Pennsylvania state parks is free, although there are fees charged for use of cabins, marinas, etc. Pennsylvania's state parks offer "over 7,000 family campsites, 286 cabins, nearly 30,000 picnic tables, 56 major recreational lakes, 10 marinas, 61 beaches for swimming, 17 swimming pools" and over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of trails.

5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Pennsylvania

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   This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. As of 2015, there are over 3,000 listed sites in Pennsylvania. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have listings on the National Register. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted April 12, 2024.

6. Franklin Square (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia

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   81000556 [1] Added to NRHP. September 14, 1981. Franklin Square is one of the five original open-space parks planned by William Penn when he laid out the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1682. It is located in the Center City area, between North 6th and 7th streets, and between Race Street and the Vine Street Expressway (I-676).

7. Kennywood - Wikipedia

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   Designated PHMC. August 5, 1992 [3] Kennywood is an amusement park which is located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, just southeast of Pittsburgh. The park opened on May 30, 1898, as a trolley park attraction at the end of the Mellon family 's Monongahela Street Railway. [1] [2]

8. Mount Hope Estate - Wikipedia

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   Mount Hope Estate is a National Register of Historic Places-listed property in Rapho and Penn Townships, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.The original estate was the center of operations of the Grubb Family Iron Dynasty during the 19th century and included over 2,500 acres (1,000 ha), a charcoal iron furnace, a grist mill, housing for employees and tenants, plus supporting structures such as a ...

9. History of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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   History of Pennsylvania. The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied ...