Eight miles north of Emporium, in the wilderness of McKean County, lies the ghost town of Gardeau. Once a prosperous lumber town with over a thousand residents, Gardeau is home to more rattlesnakes than humans these days. Although it is a lonely place today, Gardeau does boast one unusual and mysterious tourist attraction-- the mausoleum of Colonel Noah Parker.
What makes the mausoleum strange is that it is not in a cemetery; it seems to have just grown out of the wilderness like an ancient Mayan temple. And what makes the tomb even more strange is that some folks believe there is pirate treasure hidden inside.
