Penn State’s campus in State College might be filled with academic buildings and the country’s second-largest stadium, but it is also home to the beautiful and peaceful Arboretum at Penn State. Plans to create Penn State’s arboretum were first made in 1914, but it wasn’t…
There are many great show caves in Pennsylvania, but, with the possible exception of Indian Echo Caverns near Hershey, none of them as easy to reach as Lincoln Caverns. Located along Route 22, just a few miles west of downtown Huntingdon, Lincoln Caverns’ history and…
If you’ve driven anywhere around the State College area, you’ve no doubt seen the small billboards for Penn’s Cave and Wildlife Park. Located in Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, Penn’s Cave is one of nine show caves in the state. However, it is the only one that…
The rural countryside of Huntingdon County is a bit of a strange place for a trolley museum. After all, trolleys used to run in large cities and out to their suburbs, but the closest trolley line to Rockhill, Pennsylvania, ran in Huntingdon, more than 20…
In the mid-19th century, Pennsylvania had a major problem. In the race to go west, they were being beaten by New York. With the new New York Central Railroad, it took only 16 hours to reach Chicago from NYC (It takes 19 hours for the…
Sitting on the outskirts of Altoona is the small town of Tipton, home to DelGrosso’s Amusement Park. Originally opened in 1907 as Bland’s Amusement Park, the park was renamed DelGrosso’s in 2000. The great thing about DelGrosso’s Amuseument Park is that there is no entry…
