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356 West 6th Street Erie, PA
Plan for a whole day of furry & feathered fun when visiting the Erie Zoo & Botanical Gardens. Zoo highligh...
Set on 15 beautifully landscaped acres, the Erie Zoo is home to over 500 animals from the far reaches of th... More on Aza.org

#2.
Erie, PA
The best place to learn about Erie and the lake is Presque Isle State Park (rhymes with press-tile). One o... More on Off the Beaten Path: Pennsylvania
Jutting seven miles into Lake Erie, Presque Isle State Park is an oasis of wild beauty just outside the cit... More on LLBean.com

#3.
389 Lighthouse Street, Erie, PA 16507-1943
Anxious to add a port on the Great Lakes to its western frontier, Pennsylvania paid $151,640 for a triangular section of land in 1792 that included forty-five miles of lakeshore on Lake Erie. Three... More on LighthouseFriends.com
An historic masterpiece with many untold stories! What a great place! More on Yahoo! Travel

#4.
420 French Street, Erie, PA, 16507
Kids love the ExpERIEnce Children's Museum (420 French Street, 2 blocks from the waterfront), where they c... More on Off the Beaten Path: Pennsylvania
ExpERIEnce Children's Museum, located in the former Boston Store Livery that was built in 1906, lets kids e... More on Weather.com

#5.
150 East Front Street, Erie, PA, 16507
For boating on a grandeur scale, visit the restore U.S. Brig Niagara in Erie. The ship, captained by Olive... More on Off the Beaten Path: Pennsylvania
As the premier exhibit at the Erie Maritime Museum in Erie, PA, the Niagara is docked for public viewing Se... More on Brigniagara.org/

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356 West 6th Street, Erie, PA 16507
The Watson Curtze Mansion and Erie Planetarium (356 West Sixth Street), housed in a twenty-four-room mansi... More on Off the Beaten Path: Pennsylvania
The Watson-Curtze Mansion stands as a symbol of the upper class lifestyle of the 1890s in Erie. The Mansion... More on Goerie.com

#7.
436 Walnut St., Erie, PA
Covering over 100 acres of farmland and pristine woods, the Battles Museum of Rural Life takes you on a journey back in time. Here you'll find the R. S. Battles Farmhouse and the Charlotte Elizabe...
The Battles Museums of Rural Life is a complex situated on 130 acres of farmlands and woodlands. The Yellow House and the Battles Bank Museum were constructed between 1858 and 1893. The museum feat... More on Weather.com

#8.
PA Route 832, Erie, Pennsylvania 16505
This state park offers beaches and almost 11 miles of hiking trails. Popular activities at the park include surfing, swimming, boating, hiking, in-line skating and bicycling. Dogs are allowed on a 6 foot or less leash at the park ... More on DogFriendly.com

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428 Chestnut St., Erie, PA 16508
Topics: fire, occupations. More on MuseumStuff.com
1903 firehouse with over 1,000 items of fire ... More on Yahoo! Travel

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Erie, Pa
Visit the museum and see artifacts from the Erie plant spanning from 1910 to the present. More on MuseumsUSA.org
It was initiated as a project of a group of GE retirees and members of the General Electric Elfun Society and has financial assistance ... More on igougo
