Roadside America is an indoor miniature village and railway covering 8000 square feet (743.2 m²), created by Laurence Gieringer in 1935. It was first displayed to the public in the Rainbow Fire Company's building, and a separate exhibit was opened in Carsonia Park in 1938. In 1941 both exhibits were brought together in their current location in Shartlesville, Pennsylvania

Shartlesville, Pennsylvania

Shartlesville, Pennsylvania is a small unincorporated community in Upper Bern Township, located in upper Berks County. It is located just south of Interstate 78 and is served by the Hamburg Area School District...

, Exit 23 on Interstate 78

Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania

Interstate 78 is an east–west route stretching from Union Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania to New York City. In the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, I-78 runs for about 77 miles in Pennsylvania, from the western terminus at Interstate 81 to New Jersey state line; I-78 continues into New...

, approximately 20 miles west of the Lehigh Valley

Lehigh Valley

The Lehigh Valley, known officially by the United States Census Bureau as the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ metropolitan area and referred to locally as The Valley and A-B-E, is a metropolitan region consisting of Lehigh, Northampton, Berks, and Carbon counties in eastern Pennsylvania and...

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It contains 400 miniature buildings and 4000 miniature people. Roadside America has remained unchanged since Gieringer died in 1963.