LANDMARKS?: Some landmarks are easy to recognize; others, not so much. According to an online blog by Cherry Digital, over half of Pennsylvanians cannot identify local landmarks.

What exactly is a local landmark? It is usually something recognizable and stands out in its environment. It also has significance to the local area.

An interactive quiz asked, Which of the following is not in PA?

Don’t cheat. None are in this area. If the following were on the list, would respondents know they, too, were in PA: Kinzua Bridge, Lynn Hall, Zippo/Case Museum.

If you answered World War II Bombing Memorial Site, you are correct. It is not located in PA. It’s in Boise City, Oklahoma. Amazingly, 44% of respondents answered this correctly.

The other three seemed a bit obscure but really are in PA.

The Haines Shoe House is a house shaped like a shoe, more like a work boot, located in Hellam Township. Built in 1948 by Mahlon Haines, a shoe salesman. The toe is the living room, the kitchen is situated in the heel, in the ankle is where two bedrooms are, and an ice cream shop is located in the instep.

Mr. Ed’s Elephant Museum is located outside of Gettysburg and is filled with elephant figurines, artwork, circus souvenirs, gardens, statues, and toys; as well as thousands of different kinds of sweets, so there’s a treat for everyone.

Roadside America was an 8,000-feet indoor miniature village and railway that was created by Laurence Gieringer in 1935; a massive creation displayed to the public for the first time in Gieringer’s home in Hamburg.