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Visit Pennsylvania's Historic Places
More than 1,000 museums and hundreds of historical sites tell of the Commonwealth’s rich, storied, and important past. Gettysburg and Philadelphia are best known, but the entire state is rich with historic preservation—as well as the kind of living history you can only find in a place that treasures its streetscapes and architecture. Pennsylvania boasts 30 National Park Service parks, trails, and landmarks.
And when you’re finished touring, great antique shops and local merchants offer unique, historic, and local merchandise. There are more than 130 farmers and artisans markets in Pennsylvania.
So when you get off the highway in Pennsylvania, you can truly take a trip to Unique!
History & Heritage Blog
Visit Valley Forge during President's Day Week
02/22/2017 - 9:18amIt’s President’s Day and there isn’t a better spot to celebrate our greatest Founding Father than at Valley Forge National Historic Park. The 3,500 acres of fields were once the site of George Washington’s winter encampment during the Revolutionary War. Despite the famine, disease, and exposure endured by the army in the winter of 1777-1778, whe...
Read MoreA Saga of Sports: The Western PA Sports Museum
01/06/2017 - 6:14pmIf you were an athlete, then you know the value of sports within our lives and how the experience has left its mark on you, defined you, or made you strong. Sports teach us to be better, to push the limits of our bodies but more importantly our minds, and to carry mankind to further heights than we had ever believed possible. It’s why we keep tr...
Read MoreWinter Wine Tasting: The Lehigh Valley Wine Trail
12/12/2016 - 11:46amLift your spirits this holiday season on the Lehigh Valley Wine Trail, eastern Pennsylvania’s fastest-growing wine region. The award-winning wine trail spreads its nine family-owned wineries and vineyards across six counties near the metropolitan area of Philadelphia. Known for its signature grape, Chambourcin, that all nine wineries grow, the L...
Read MoreFebruary is Black History Month
11/14/2016 - 10:50amThe City of Pittsburgh has collaborated with the Toonseum to celebrate Black History Month. The exhibition entitled "Beyond the Funny Pages: The works of art and life captured in comics" is located in the lobby of the City-County Building and open from February 3-28, 2014 weekdays from 8:00am...
Read MoreCelebrate Memorial Day Weekend in Boalsburg
11/13/2016 - 8:23pmMemorial Day is a time to honor and remember the men and women who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Located just five minutes from the Penn State University campus in the heart of Central Pennsylvania, the village of Historic Boalsburg is widely known as the birthplace of Memorial Day. Boalsburg is the home of the...
Read MoreAvenue of Artists: PA’s Route 6 Heritage
08/18/2016 - 9:25pmThe Route 6 Heritage Corridor is a 3,652 mile road from Cape Cod to Long Beach, California. In Pennsylvania, Route 6 stretches 427 miles and Galeton, a small town in Potter County, hosts the Pennsylvania Route 6 Tourist Association, a castle-like information center covered in ivy. Route 6 hosts the famous locations of the world’s first undergrou...
Read MoreFields of War: The Gettysburg Reenactment
06/16/2016 - 8:43pmThe green hills, farms, and forests of Pennsylvania turned red during the Civil War when the central region of the state became the main priority of the Confederate States of America with its ability, as a national crossroads, to control trade, travel, and power. Gettysburg alone conjoins ten roads, the reason why the Confederacy hoped to take t...
Read MoreAdams County Winery's Monumental Trolley Tour
05/22/2015 - 6:08pmThe Adams County Winery is located in Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, eight miles west of Gettysburg. It first began operations in 1975 and will celebrate its 40th Anniversary on June 27. New this year is the launch of the Monumental Trolley Tour on June 7. The tour begins at the Winery and...
Read MoreCelebrate National Train Days!
04/09/2015 - 7:06pmSaturday, May 10 and Sunday, May 11 are National Train Days where train enthusiasts across the country gather at hundreds of locations to celebrate the history and heritage of our railroad system and how it shaped America. Here in Pennsylvania we have a number of locations that showcase our rich railroad heritage. The...
Read MoreCharter Day's - Free Admission at Historical Sites
02/10/2015 - 5:27pmIn 1681, England’s King Charles II used a charter to grant the land that is now Pennsylvania to founder William Penn. It is often referred to as the “Penn Charter” or “Pennsylvania’s birth certificate.” Sunday, March 10 is the 332nd birthday of Pennsylvania.
On Charter Day, many of Pennsylvania’s Trails of History sites offer “free admis...
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