PA Bucket List

If you're looking for directions to Maple Spring Falls at Ricketts Glen State Park, you're in the right place! Maple Spring Falls is a 15 foot-tall, off-trail waterfall located along Maple Spring Run, a small tributary of Kitchen Creek. And while it may not have the "wow" factor of 94 foot-tall Ganoga Falls along the nearby Falls Trail, the relative...

If you're looking for information about visiting the York County Historical Society Museum, you're in the right place! Since 1958, the York County Historical Society Museum has used artifacts and exhibits to highlight the region's rich heritage and historical significance. Don't confuse this museum with the York County Agricultural and Industrial Museum! Although both museums are located in York and both operate...

If you love covered bridges AND road trips, this article is for you! What follows is a road trip itinerary that visits the ten longest covered bridges in Pennsylvania, and includes a route map that you can download for free to your computer or mobile device. The route as described here starts at the Pomeroy Academia Covered Bridge, the longest covered...

The AACA Museum in Hershey, PA is consistently ranked as one of the top automotive and transportation museums in the United States! The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) national headquarters is in Hershey, so it makes perfect sense to have the organization's flagship museum there as well. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and presentation of America's motor vehicle...

If you like antique stores and flea markets, then you'll love The Stuff Store! The Stuff Store is an 8,000 square foot, family owned antique gallery, indoor flea market, and collectibles emporium, housed in a beautiful old building in Curwensville, just a few minutes west of Clearfield. Hours and Directions The Stuff Store is open Friday 9 am - 8 pm, and...

If you're looking for information about Hoke-E-Geez in Bedford, you're in the right place! Hoke-E-Geez is a large multi-vendor marketplace of antiques, collectibles, and curiosities located just east of downtown Bedford, along the Lincoln Highway (Route 30). The store's motto is "An Adventure in Every Visit", and I can tell you from my countless visits, that is indeed the case! What You'll...

If you're looking for information about the Pennsylvania Farm Show, you're in the right place! The Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg is PA's State Fair, and billed as the largest indoor agricultural expo in the United States. Having been an exhibitor at the Farm Show complex myself (more decades ago than I care to admit!), I thought I'd put together a...

If you're looking for information about visiting the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, you're in the right place! The Betsy Ross House is one of Philadelphia's most popular tourist attractions, said to be the site where Betsy Ross sewed the first American flag in late May, 1776. While some historians consider the "first flag" story more mythology than fact (citing a...

I99 Antiques is a two-level, multivendor antique store in downtown Tyrone, Blair County. The store is located at 1222 Pennsylvania Avenue in Tyrone, in the historic Hess Building. I99 Antiques is open Thursday-Saturday from 10:30 am - 4:30 pm. What You'll Find at I99 Antiques The sheer volume of merchandise at I99 Antiques in impressive - the store feels much larger inside than...

The Pennsylvania Lumber Museum features a beautiful blend of historic artifacts and interactive exhibits related to one of the most important industries in the state in the 19th century. Situated along historic Route 6 in the mountains of Potter County, the Pennsylvania Lumber Museum helps visitors understand the history of the lumbering industry in the Keystone State, from the arrival...