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Make Big Memories at the Bigfoot Festival in Marienville, PA
05/30/2023 - 9:21amIf your summer is beginning to take a predictable course—with the same tiresome activities, the same stale destinations, the same boring summer menus—you should try something new this year by heading over to the 2023 Bigfoot Festival in Marienville. Whether you’r...
Read MoreChickies Rock: A Pinnacle for Hunters of Views and Ghost Hunters Alike
05/30/2023 - 9:15amMingle the panoramic and the paranormal in one trip when you make Lancaster’s Chickies Rock your destination. Chickies Rock—derived from the American Indian word Chiquesalunga, which means “place of th...
Read MoreEnjoy Both the Journey and the Destination on Pennsylvania’s Route 6
03/25/2023 - 11:58amPennsylvania’s Route 6, a beautiful two-lane rural highway that also happens to be the longest highway in the state, was not labeled one of “America’s most scenic drives” by National Geographic without reason. It winds around some of the state’s most breathtaking natural and histor...
Read MoreA Spring Refresh—for You and Your Furniture—in Amish Lancaster County
03/25/2023 - 11:46amPerhaps the lingering grays (and blues) of winter have you looking to make a change in your environment. But you don’t need to plan an elaborate and exorbitant trip to Fiji in order to alter your surroundings: all you need is a décor refresh. By planning a trip to Lancaster County to peruse their plentiful selection of Amish furniture stores, yo...
Read MoreVisit Pennsylvania's Botanical Gardens this Spring
02/16/2023 - 9:49amThere isn’t a more beautiful time to explore Pennsylvania this spring as the state’s landscape transforms into a colorful tapestry of wildflowers, tulips, wisteria, and fragrant flowering trees. Although that landscape is large beyond measure, you can find Pennsylvania’s breathtaking botanical gardens and arboretums in every corner. Find out mor...
Read MoreExplore History at the Ephrata Cloister
02/16/2023 - 9:01amEstablished as a semi-monastic community with a convent in 1732, the pious and celibate members of the religious order led by Johann Conrad Beissel sought religious freedom in one of the only places that offered it in the world: Pennsylvania. Beissel’s celibate Brothers and S...
Read MoreBuggies and Boutiques: Lancaster is the Best Small Town for Christmas Visits & Beyond
12/07/2022 - 11:13amPerhaps one drawback to Lancaster having the largest and most vibrant Amish community in the United States is that outsiders tend to think it’s the only reason to visit Lancaster. In reality, Lancaster uniquely combines seeming opposites as strikingly as the scene of a horse-drawn buggy next to a world-class mall, modern attractions wit...
Read MoreGetaway to Happy Valley this Winter Season
12/07/2022 - 11:11amViisit Happy Valley, as we celebrate the holidays & ring in the New Year! There are several exciting events coming up in our area. Downtown State College is the perfect location to ring in the New Year as we celebrate First Night! This event is jam packed with family-friendly fun, including horse drawn carriage rides, live ice sculpture carv...
Read MoreRewind and Unwind with Cross-Country Skiing at Allegheny National Forest
12/05/2022 - 8:04pmSkiing—with its lifts and snow groomers and glossy gear in all shades of neon—may seem to some an ultra-modern form of recreation. But cross-country skiing, a replica of the original form of skiing, is almost primeval, dating to Chinese and Scandinavian communities as least as early as 600 BCE. In a holiday season brimming with modern busyness a...
Read MoreSaints & Spirits Trail in Philadelphia and Its Countryside
09/25/2022 - 5:06pmWith its iconic places of worship and its renowned breweries, you might say that in Philadelphia both meanings of “spirit” receive their due. The city has much to summon the best and worst of human nature—although we will leave it up to you to decide which of the City of Love’s longstanding traditions merits the superlative. This fall, find your...
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