Pennsylvania - Trunkations

Seven Years Away, Johnstown’s Best Friend Comes Home

Sunday, August 7th, 2011

If Morley’s Dog had a proper name, it washed away along with everything else in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, when a dam burst and destroyed the city in 1889.

Castle Blood: Where Every Day Is Halloween

Friday, April 15th, 2011

Halloween attractions rise from the dead every October only to fall back into the grave November 1st. No one has yet figured out how to trick-or-treat profitably 365 days a year, but some ghoulish attractions confidently display their outdoor skulls and props year-round as photo-ops for the macabre-starved.

Human Centrifuge Whirls Back into Public View

Friday, April 8th, 2011

It was a bad end to a good story. The World’s Largest Human Centrifuge, which had reopened in Warminster, Pennsylvania, after years of neglect…

Ancient American Penitentiary Goes Hands-On

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Some travelers seek out atmosphere by visiting Paris or Rome. We’ve always enjoyed the pungent terror ambiance that can be found in old, moss-grown American prisons. Perhaps the oldest and mossiest, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is giving its visitors a fresh whiff of behind-bars bouquet by inviting them to twist open its creaky [...]

Elephant Graveyard? Not At Mister Ed’s

Monday, February 7th, 2011

Exactly seven months to the day after arson destroyed Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium in Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, a new Mister Ed’s has opened on the same spot.