Plan your tour of Eckley Miners’ Village by visiting the village’s official website here.Ĭoncrete City is, quite literally, a concrete city of what was once modern day housing built in 1911, by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, for whom it perceived as its most important employees. Stroll through the village to see buildings stuck in time: Slater Picker’s House (1854), Immaculate Conception Church (1861), and the Company Store (1968). Today, the village is a museum that takes visitors back to a simpler time. Time stands still at Eckley Miners’ Village, which was founded in 1854.
Join a tour of Fricks Locks, which are typically help from May through October, led by a guide from the East Coventry Historical Commission. Fortunately for ghost hunters and others to whom the ghost town beckons, Fricks Locks earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places to ensure its preservation. Once a bustling 18 th century village along the Schuylkill Canal, both Fricks Locks and the canal now sit abandoned. Interested in learning more? Click here to watch a five minute film on Centralia. The rest of the town has been officially condemned.
Today, less than a dozen people remain in their homes in Centralia where the fire continues to burn to this day and could conceivably burn for several hundred more years. A fire started in the mines in 1962 and continued to burn, eventually chasing townspeople from Centralia. You could get into legal trouble if you trespass.Ĭentralia is, perhaps, the most famous of all ghost towns in Pennsylvania. The once-popular tourist destination is now considered private property. Please note that you’ll only be able to catch a glimpse of Centralia as you pass by town. You’ll have to leave your car behind – no motor vehicles permitted – but you can bike or hike down the abandoned railroad which takes you through tunnels that, once pristine, are now littered with graffiti and covered on the outside with greenery. The 13 miles haven’t been used since 1968.
This time, however, you’re heading to an abandoned stretch of the turnpike that now sits abandoned. Let’s start where most Pennsylvanians’ road trips start: On the Pennsylvania Turnpike.