Still wondering what to do in Pennsylvania? Here's 20 possible places to visit that will blow your mind with the thought "Beautiful":
1. Bake Oven Knob
A lookout along the Kittatiny Ridge in Lehigh County. It offers a divine view of the surrounding countryside.
2. Lake Erie
The tenth largest lake in the world and the only Great Lake to border Pennsylvania.
3. Boathouse Row
Lying along the Schulykill river in Philadelphia, this area is best at night when the mansions are illuminated by strings of white lights. The Boathouses, fifteen in number, are historic landmarks and national meeting places for rowers.
4. Valley Forge
The American Continental Army spent a brutal winter at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War, but today it is host to historic landmarks and many acres of pristine fields.
5. Mount Washington
This view is at the top of the incline which is a famous landmark in Pennsylvania's second largest city, Pittsburgh.
6. Lehigh Gorge State Park
Home to Glen Onoko Falls, the magnificent waterfall system located about an hour and a half outside of Philly.
7. Pine Creek Gorge
Sometimes called the Grand Canyon of PA, it's hard not to understand why.
8. The Boulder Field
Located at Hickory Run State Park is a national nature landmark that was created during the last ice age. The field consists of huge boulders.
9. Ohiopyle State Park
Near Pittsburgh, Ohiopyle offers visitors miles of rapids for kayaking or rafting.
10. Kinzua Bridge
Used to be a railway trestle. Now abandoned, it has collapsed, and no one has bothered to fix it. It rests starkly against the surrounding landscape.
11. The Covered Bridges
Located in many places in PA.
12. Cherry Springs State Park
This place offers the darkest skies on this side of the Mississippi-- some even argue that there is less light pollution here than anywhere else in the country. Either way, it makes for excellent stargazing.
13. Philly
At night, Philly is quite the sight.
14. The Farmland
Located just about anywhere there isn't a city.
15. Gettysburg National Military Park
Whichhonors the soldiers who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. The expanse of candles lit in memory will send chills down your spine.
16. Bethlehem (Steel Stacks)
Once home to Bethlehem Steel, which produced much of the steel used throughout the country. The company has since shut down, but the abandoned steel stacks remain a landmark of Eastern Pennsylvania.
17. Jacobsburg State Park
Near Allentown, it holds the mysteries of the forest. Dense foliage, babbling brooks, and wildlife that rustles through the leaves wait for you here.
18. The Poconos
Which attracts more tourists than perhaps any other outdoors destination in Pennsylvania, for their extensive hiking trails and their ski slopes.
19. Beltzville Lake
Is a popular fishing and boating destination, as well as a beautiful place to go camping.
20. Bushkill Falls
Also known as the Niagara of Pennsylvania, is a series of eight waterfalls in Eastern Pennsylvania.