Notable Locations
The world's largest free admission amusement park and home to "The Twister."
What is Knoebels?
Famous for its unique style of pizza, this place is sometimes called the "Pizza Capitol of the World."
What is Old Forge?
This specialty pizza, only served up in NEPA, is topped with potatoes.
What is pagash pizza?
A plant and a number make up this expression for counting a small amount of something.
What is "a couple two-tree?"
This now-defunct drugstore, once the largest in the country, started in Scranton.
What is Rite Aid?
Not the one that messes up your car. It's the largest in the world.
What is the Archbald Pothole?
This is the "Tomato Capitol of the World."
What is Pittston?
This group of immigrants brought the pierogi to PA.
Who are the Polish?
A hungry man's response to "Jeet yet?"
What is "No, d'joo?"
These plants dotted the region, turning coal into smaller, more manageable pieces.
What is a coal breaker?
This infamous ghost town is still on fire 'til this day.
What is Centralia?
This is the only town in Pennsylvania.
What is Bloomsburg?
Also known as a "blind pigeon" or "pigs in a blanket," this food has Polish and Ukrainian roots.
What is stuffed cabbage or halupkies?
North and South of your location in the valley, respectively.
What is "upda line" and "downda line?"
110 men died during this fiery event in Plymouth Township.
What was the Avondale Mine Disaster?
A town and a man-- He lies there but never visited while alive.
Who/What is Jim Thorpe?
This resource was the main source of industry in the Wyoming Valley for many years and is the source of Wilkes-Barre's name as "The Diamond City."
What is coal?
The literal meaning of the word "kielbasa" in Polish.
What is sausage?
Not a mango, but it may sometimes be called one.
What is a green bell pepper?
This Native American tribe settled in Scranton after their removal from the Delaware Valley in 1743.
Who are the Munsee?
This was once the largest concrete structure in the world.
What is the Tunkhannock Viaduct or Nicholson Bridge?
Scranton was the first city to implement this invention, and it is what gave the city the moniker "The Electric City."
What are electric street cars?
This alcoholic beverage, served around Christmas, is made with orange and lemon juice, honey, cloves, caraway seeds, and large amounts of whiskey and heated on the stove.
What is boilo?
What is getting a haircut?
Drilled in 1961, it lets out mine drainage to prevent flooding of nearby houses but also lets pollution into the Lackawanna River.
What is the Old Forge Bore Hole?