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PA Activities and Attractions
Experience the American Revolution in Philadelphia
01/26/2018 - 9:16amBring the revolution to life at Philadelphia’s newest museum, the Museum of the American Revolution (M*AR). The extensive collection of colonial-era artwork, objects, printed works, and priceless artifacts is more than a century in the making and displayed to explore the ideas, events, and legacies of America’s revolutionary foundation. Take a g...
Read MoreLancaster County’s Morning Mud Sales
01/15/2018 - 6:03pmGet your hands dirty this spring; it’s mud sale season in Lancaster County and that means bargain goods, rare quilts, and authentic Amish hand-crafts are all only a bid away. If you haven’t been to these auction events, you’ve been overlooking one of the most exciting and unique traditions of Pennsylvania Dutch Country.
From antique woode...
Read MorePennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
01/11/2018 - 1:38amA leading Shakespeare festival with an emerging national reputation for excellence, the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) is a professional theatre company on the campus of DeSales University. Each summer PSF is summer home to nearly 150 artists from around the country, including winners and nominees of the Tony, Obie, Emmy, Drama Desk, Ou...
Read MoreThe Age of Iron: The Beginning of America's Industrial Revolution
01/10/2018 - 11:10pmThe Longest Road: PA's Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor
01/10/2018 - 11:06pmThe Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor is a historic pathway that once carried coal and iron from Wilkes-Barre to Philadelphia, connecting the abundant natural resources of northern Pennsylvania with one of America's greatest cities and the rest of the world. Once home to the Native American Lenni Lenape tribe, the large region was a...
Read MoreSharon, PA Hosts Internationally known WaterFire this Summer!
01/10/2018 - 10:53pmExperience one of the most interesting art installations, WaterFire, being hosted in the Shenango Valley in Sharon, Pennsylvania. A multi-sensory art event, WaterFire is world-renowned and has been hosted in cities like Singapore, Rome, Kansas City and now Sharon, PA. This amazing art event first occurred in 2013 that attracted...
Read MoreTake Me Out to the Ball Game
01/10/2018 - 8:39pmBaseball is one of our favorite pastimes here in Pennsylvania and our ballpark roots are still growing strong. With two Major League teams, the Pittsburgh Pirates and Philadelphia Phillies, as well as nine Minor League teams, our state has a reputation for having some of the most talented baseball players in the world. PA was also the birthplace...
Read MoreChristkindlmarkt Bethlehem
01/10/2018 - 8:29pmBethlehem, PA is known as the Christmas City. Almost one million guests, over the past two decades, have visited Christkindlmarkt Bethlehem offering a mix of unique gift ideas, old-world charm and holiday cheer. The highlight of 2014 is the the 50th Anniversary of Kathe Wohlfahrt, the renowned German ornament and nutcracker maker. A handful of...
Read MoreTouch Base With the Altoona Curve
01/10/2018 - 6:33pmReminiscent of its hometown heritage, the Altoona Curve baseball team was named as homage to the curveball pitch as well as in honor of the nearby historic three track railroad, the Horseshoe Curve. At the base of the rugged landscape we know as the Allegheny Mountains, this National Historic Landmark is considered an engineering marvel of the w...
Read MoreCruise the Susquehanna
01/08/2018 - 11:34pmThe majestic Susquehanna River flows through three states including Pennsylvania and is one of the oldest existing rivers in the world. At 464 miles long, it is the longest river in the continental United States without commercial boat traffic. The meaning of the name is unknown, but local legend has it that the name comes from an Indian phrase...
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