Pennsylvania

One wooden bridge on this list stretches about 202 feet in a single span. That makes it the…

By Daniel Mercer · Oct 23

A pasta factory in South Philly also makes a meatball sandwich so loved that it pulls fans away…

By John Palmer · Oct 23

Chocolate-covered potato chips sit on the shelves at one Pennsylvania candy shop, right beside dark chocolate Brazil nuts…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 23

One Pennsylvania pierogi shop on this list runs out of a former gas station. Instead of filling up…

By John Palmer · Oct 22

One Pennsylvania butcher shop sells pork chops right alongside ox tails, and that pairing tells you a lot.…

By John Palmer · Oct 22

Bicycle wheels, glass bottles, and mirror shards are cemented into the walls of a maze that fills half…

By Gideon Hartwell · Oct 22

A railroad dining car with a little jukebox console at every table is serving breakfast all day in…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 22

One Pittsburgh shop on this list makes its own mozzarella and then tucks it into a signature chicken…

By John Palmer · Oct 21

One Pennsylvania smokehouse uses real hickory sawdust instead of liquid smoke, and its beef jerky was once voted…

By John Palmer · Oct 21

Blueberry sausage is a real thing in Pennsylvania, and one butcher shop sells it right next to hot…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 21

A cannoli shell starts losing its crunch the moment wet ricotta touches it. That is why the best…

By John Palmer · Oct 20

A 12.5-foot-tall tree made of red anthurium blooms, crowned with an animated starburst, stands inside a Victorian glasshouse…

By Adeline Parker · Oct 20

A tiny, flat-bottomed chocolate drop was being made here years before Hershey’s Kisses ever showed up. That alone…

By John Palmer · Oct 20

A tiny chocolate shaped like a flower bud first showed up in Pennsylvania in 1894. That means it…

By Adeline Parker · Oct 20

Food scientists at Penn State helped perfect one of Pennsylvania’s most famous peanut butter candies. Yes, a university…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 20

One Pennsylvania doughnut shop on this list opens at 5 AM seven days a week. That means somebody…

By John Palmer · Oct 19

A cinnamon roll recipe from a Navy cook still gets baked at one of the pie shops on…

By John Palmer · Oct 19

Fried chicken, baked ham, and beef meatloaf all land on the same table, and nobody orders a thing.…

By Adeline Parker · Oct 19

A hot dog shop in Pennsylvania has been ladling chili sauce over wieners since 1918. That’s older than…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 19

Chicken bulgogi mac and cheese shares a menu with squid ink fettuccine and oxtail ragu. That alone made…

By John Palmer · Oct 18

A swimming pool sits inside the bedroom. Not down the hall, not across a courtyard, but right there…

By John Palmer · Oct 18

Fried chicken comes up more than any other dish when people talk about this buffet. Roast beef from…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 18

A king signed off on this market. King George II granted its official charter in 1742, and the…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 18

Breakfast arrives in a basket, left at your door with a friendly knock. That small ritual belongs to…

By John Palmer · Oct 17

Purple potatoes for fifty cents a pound. That’s the kind of find shoppers have reported at one small…

By John Palmer · Oct 17

Four buildings. That’s how much antique and vintage territory waits under one roof at a single market in…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 17

Wait, Pennsylvania has a canyon? A pretty big one, actually. And fall is when it really earns your…

By Eliza Thornton · Oct 17

The world’s largest bobblehead lives inside a discount store. Not a museum, not a stadium, but a bargain…

By John Palmer · Oct 16

There is always one person checking the foliage map like the leaves are about to post their final…

By Daniel Mercer · Oct 16

One single dollar. That is where prices land on bin items once the weekly markdown hits bottom at…

By John Palmer · Oct 16

Folks drive in from Binghamton, New York, just to fill a cooler at one butcher counter. That is…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 16

Crab legs, made-to-order hibachi, and fresh sushi all share one long buffet line. That combination alone makes my…

By John Palmer · Oct 15

This market turns indecision into cardio. You pick a direction. Something looks good. Then another counter changes your…

By Daniel Mercer · Oct 15

Fries on the side? Not here. They go straight into the sandwich. That move helped turn a working…

By Adeline Parker · Oct 15

Caramel on your fingertips is the best souvenir Pennsylvania has to offer, and nobody warned me how often…

By John Palmer · Oct 15

The first time you hear a bull elk bugle, you may wonder what on earth just made that…

By Gideon Hartwell · Oct 15

A five-gallon bucket for your sandwich was the last thing I expected to fall in love with on…

By Laura Sullivan · Oct 15

A twelve-foot castle made entirely of chocolate was the last thing I expected to find after pulling off…

By John Palmer · Oct 14

Pickles were the last thing I expected to fall for on a quick suburban lunch stop in Pennsylvania.…

By John Palmer · Oct 14