Quick Summary:
- State College in central Pennsylvania is a charming and vibrant college town that is home to Penn State University’s main campus, an array of buzzing bars, restaurants, and coffee shops, and plenty of things to see and do.
- Watch Penn State’s football team or the State College Spikes in action at Beaver Stadium.
- Explore collections of ancient ceramics and 20th-century American art at the university's Palmer Museum of Art.
- Venture into space at the Discovery Space children’s science museum.
- Head into the great outdoors on one of the many hiking or mountain biking trails through the Rothrock State Forest.
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Pennsylvania State University
Arboretum at Penn State
Beaver Stadium
Pegula Ice Arena
Bryce Jordan Center
Palmer Museum of Art
Millbrook Marsh Nature Center
Medlar Field at Lubrano Prak
State College Spikes
Rec Hall, State College, PA
The State Theatre
Rothrock State Forest
Matson Museum of Anthropology
Original Waffle Shop
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