Taking a late summer's trip down the
old Lincoln Highway from Bedford PA, I came across an eighteen foot
tall Pied Piper playing his flute above the road. Curiosity struck my
friends and I. I was forced to turn around and take a better look.
The Piper stands at a gate of what used to be an amusement park
called Story Land. The park is now privately owned and closed to the
public. A small county store now sits where the entrance once stood.
We decided to get a closer look at the Mother Goose, Humpty Dumpty,
and other classic story book characters that were still scattered in
the woods behind the country store. However, we were soon stopped by
the “No Trespassing” signs that boarder the wood-line.
Disheartened, we took what photographs we could and continued on our
way down US Rt. 30.
Story Land was a great attraction between the 1950's-1970's and was sadly closed in the 1980's. Now Piper's Place Country Store sits on the property and is owned by the daughter of the original owner. This road side attraction is located on the Lincoln Hwy just west of Shellsburg, PA on the right side of the road if heading from Bedford PA, but missing the enormous Pied Piper is almost impossible.
