Finding the Elusive Statue of Liberty in Harrisburg
Passing motorists on highway 322 or the combined 11 and 15 just outside of Harrisburg might notice something odd atop an old railroad bridge piling in the middle of the …
Passing motorists on highway 322 or the combined 11 and 15 just outside of Harrisburg might notice something odd atop an old railroad bridge piling in the middle of the …
Sitting atop a hill on the outskirts of Hershey, Pennsylvania, is the beautiful Hotel Hershey. The hotel was built in the early-1930s so that the region’s construction workers could have …
Sitting atop a large hill on the outskirts of Harrisburg is one of the region’s best museums: the National Civil War Museum. Telling the story of the entire Civil War …
When you hear the term “State Museum” there’s a good chance that your mind instantly goes to a 1980s Communist country. You might imagine the outside of the the building …
The small borough of Gettysburg is frequently on lists of “must-see” attractions in America and for good reason. Site of one of the largest and most important battles of the …
Despite only spending a few days of his life in Gettysburg, I doubt that there is any president more synonymous with the town than Abraham Lincoln (even though President Dwight Eisenhower lived …
There are two kinds of travelers in the world: those who like guided tours and those who can’t stand them. Personally, I fall very heavily in the later group. In …
In the book (and movie) “The Hobbit” there’s a famous scene where Gollum challenges Bilbo Baggins to a riddle contest. If Bilbo wins, Gollum will show him the way out …
I was first introduced to Turkey Hill ice cream when I was a high schooler in Northern Virginia. It wasn’t long before their Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream was my …
For nearly 40 years, the red brick buildings of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg sat quietly on a ridge overlooking the small town of Gettysburg. Surrounded by farmland, the …