See. Malcolm Gross Rose Garden Visit this Allentown garden with over 4,000 roses, walking paths, benches, and a fountain. Devil’s Pulpit Hike to this geological rock formation in Lehigh Gap for views of Palmerton and the Lehigh River. Cherry Springs State Park Experience one of the darkest getaways in the northeast U.S. for stargazing and Milky Way views. Horror Studies Archive Explore the world's first center for academic horror studies in Pittsburgh, with Romero and Blair Witch archives.
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The Malcolm Gross Rose Garden is considered the gem of the Allentown park system. The garden is named after Malcolm Gross, a former city councilman and local philanthropist who was passionate about beautifying the city. The garden first opened in 1933 and has been an attraction since then. Malcolm Gross Rose Garden is home to over 4,000 roses, making it one of the largest rose gardens in the re…
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Devil’s Pulpit is a geological rock formation located in the Lehigh Gap. There are multiple trails that lead from Lehigh Gap Nature Center to Devil’s Pulpit: the Woodpecker Trail, which will connect to the Appalachian Trail, or the North Trail, which is marked with the designated blue markers. Folklore will tell you that the devil himself would stand and deliver sermons from this rock formation…
National Geographic
Trade crowded highways for winding waterways that showcase everything from towering canyons and vineyard-lined shores to charming river towns and vibrant cultural landmarks.
Lonely Planet
The Amtrak route between the San Francisco Bay area to Chicago shows a diverse cross-section of the nation that you won
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Cherry Springs State Park, one of the country’s first dark-sky getaways, is within a five-hour drive of roughly 47 million people. Here’s what it’s like to visit.
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What do you do when the family of famous and locally loved horror director George Romero offers to donate 100 boxes of manuscripts, letters, marketing and other rare materials to your university? First, obviously, you say yes, and then you set about creating the world's first and only center for the academic study of the horror genre. Romero was no stranger to Pittsburgh - he shot nearly a doze…
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From steam-powered star trains to moonlit railbike rides through redwood forests, these are the best night sky train adventures across America.
Outside
American Rust Belt landscapes are ripe for rediscovery. In postindustrial Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, these foragers are taking a radical approach to stewardship of their environment: they’re eating it.
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Smithsonian Magazine
Journey around the nation with this interactive map, divided by region or category, and discover American history in a way you’ve never seen before
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“There’s not much there anymore, it’s pretty much just a crossroads.” I read the posts online telling me not to bother, but I wanted to go anyway. Certainly I could feel something as we got close: the sense of desperation, of ruin and abandon. So I drove with a small group of friends deep into eastern Pennsylvania—coal country—through towns with names like Frackville, Pottsville, Ashland. Many…
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Travel back in time along Berks County’s scenic Secret Valley aboard the Colebrookdale Railroad. Leaving from the historic Boyertown and Pottstown stations, you’ll journey through the same tract of land that the original iron pioneers would have traveled, taking in historic locales of Pennsylvania's first iron works. Sites including former gristmills, blast furnaces, and the personal residence…
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Just outside of Lenhartsville, not far from Hawk Mountain Sanctuary , a cascading ribbon of grayish-blue rock flows for nearly a mile between the trees. Tuscarora quartzite is uncommon in Berks County, so geologists are still unsure as to how or why this boulder field exists here. Some experts estimate that it probably formed sometime in the last Ice Age. The field consists of thousands of rock…
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Amid the rolling hills of northern Berks County, you’ll find a treasured American folk art tradition that lives on today: barn stars. The most well-known symbol of the Pennsylvania Dutch, barn stars are believed to have originated as early as the late 18th century in rural Pennsylvania. These early German-speaking immigrants believed that barn stars would protect them from evil and bring prospe…
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Just a few miles from downtown Reading, in the small town of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, you can visit the 18th century home of Nicholas Stoltzfus. The stone house was built in the early 1700s in English Colonial style. Today, the two-story Sweitzer-style barn, a replica built in 2011, is available to rent for private pirates, and special events, historical lessons, and more take place annually.…
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Whether you’re a groomer snob, powder hound, or après connoisseur, these ski resorts from Maine to British Columbia tick all the boxes.
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Completed in 1849, the Baker Mansion stands as a unique example of Greek Revival architecture right in the heart of Altoona, Pennsylvania. The mansion once housed Elias Baker, a wealthy ironmaster, and his family until 1914. Soon afterwards, the Blair County Historical Society came into its possession and turned it into a museum that still operates today. A vast collection of the family's origi…
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These roomy rentals are all within a four-hour drive of Midtown Manhattan.
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Where to rest between tailgates, campus tours, or fall foliage walks.
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