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All the United States Pennsylvania Doylestown

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Doylestown

6 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Updated November 26, 2024

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Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Mercer Museum and Fonthill Castle

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Vampa: Vampire & Paranormal Museum

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.
Moravian Pottery and Tile Works.

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Moravian Pottery & Tile Works Museum

A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.
Grave of Levi Doan, “An Outlaw”

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doan Outlaw Graves

The final resting place of two members of the infamous Doan gang, notorious outlaws and Revolutionary War Loyalists.

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

The Grave of Ignacy Paderewski’s Heart

War prevented this Polish composer's body from being returned to his home country for 51 years. Though his ashes eventually made it home, his heart stayed behind.

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Ronald Reagan Eating a Potato Pancake

A bronze statue to commemorate the former president's visit to a local Polish-American festival.
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The Octagonal Schoolhouse was built with local fieldstones and its current roof of hand-hewn cedar shingles is historically accurate.

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Wrightstown Schoolhouse

This 1802 building is the last remaining octagonal schoolhouse in Bucks County.
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