From the Zippo Museum in Bradford PA (post here) we drove north through Great Valley to Four Mile Creek State Park to camp. The next day we’d planned a bike ride to Fort Niagara State Park, but it was…
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From Rickett’s Glen State Park, we rolled through Coudersport (which sounds nasty but isn’t), Port Allegany, and into Bradford and one of the best roadside attractions in Pennsylvania – the Zippo / Case Museum & Flagship Store! This find…
There’s something magical about a waterfall and any hike with a waterfall destination feels like a great reward! On any given day if you asked me to pick my favorite place for waterfalls, I’d like shout out, “Maui’s road…
Doug and I have both worked with a lot of great inventors but also with a lot of amazing engineers, technicians, and assemblers who are the ones who make big ideas work in real life. The invention is nothing…
If you don’t know anything about Valley Forge, the short version is that shortages in food, a cold winter, lack of hygiene, and poor medical knowledge created a bonafide military clusterfuck for the Continental Army who managed to later…
Philadelphia (the city of brotherly love) is a great, walkable city with plenty of things to do whether you’re a history buff, a foodie (Philly cheesesteaks…yum!), sports fan, art lover, or pop culture junkie. We had a blast touring…
Hershey PA was founded by candy magnate Milton S. Hershey who envisioned a sort of utopian township where healthy, educated, and well-paid workers lived and worked in safe and happy communities and when you visit Hershey PA you can…
Harrisburg has the most stunning capitol building we’ve seen to date! They say a picture is worth a thousand words so I should just post pictures below, but can’t help myself, so here are some interesting facts about the…
I’ve always been terrible with geography and in my mind the Civil War was fought in the deep South – Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and certainly many battles were fought there. What didn’t quite register was that Antietam (which had…
You may recall from high school history lessons something about Harper’s Ferry in relation to the Civil War and you would be right! Harper’s Ferry West Virginia has an interesting history and Harper’s Ferry National Historic Park brings that…
