The Atlas Obscura Guide To Erie

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Erie, Pennsylvania

Updated January 30, 2019

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Unusual Attractions in Erie

VW Beetle Spider.

Erie, Pennsylvania

Schaefer's Auto Art

A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.

USS Niagara… or is it?

Erie, Pennsylvania

USS Niagara

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

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Major George Washington of the British Colonial Militia.

Waterford, Pennsylvania

George Washington in a British Military Uniform

The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.

14 miles from Erie

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