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Exploring Benjamin Hollow Falls in Tioga County

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Benjamin Hollow Falls in Tioga County Pennsylvania
Benjamin Hollow Falls is a beautiful, multi-tiered waterfall located just off the Pine Creek Rail Trail in Tioga County. How to Find Benjamin Hollow Falls Benjamin Hollow Falls is located 3 miles north of the Blackwell trail head of the Pine Creek Rail Trail. The easiest way to reach Benjamin Hollow Falls is simply to ride your bike out the rail trail from...

Exploring Pine Island Run Falls in Tioga County

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Pine Island Run Falls in the Tioga State Forest.
Pine Island Run Falls is an exceptional, multi-tiered waterfall located just off the Pine Creek Rail Trail in Tioga County. How to Find Pine Island Run Falls Located 4 miles north of the Blackwell trail head of the Pine Creek Rail Trail, the easiest way to reach Pine Island Run Falls is simply to ride your bike out from Blackwell to...

Exploring Stone Quarry Run Falls in Tioga County

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Stone Quarry Run Falls along the Pine Creek Rail Trail in Tioga County Pennsylvania.
Stone Quarry Run Falls is a picturesque Tioga County waterfall located alongside the Pine Creek Rail Trail near Blackwell. How to Find Stone Quarry Run Falls Whether you choose to hike it, bike it, or ski it in the winter, there is a large paved parking area for the Pine Creek Rail Trail right next to Route 414 in Blackwell, complete...

Exploring the Fort Bedford Museum in Bedford County

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Fort Bedford Museum in downtown Bedford Pennsylvania.
The Fort Bedford Museum was built in 1958, 200 years after the original Fort Bedford was constructed during the French and Indian War. The museum tells the story not only of that specific war and time period, but of the people that inhabited the region before and since, as well as their history and customs. Located just off the Lincoln...

Exploring Fort Necessity in Fayette County

The modern-day replica of Fort Necessity at the National Battlefield in Fayette County PA
Fort Necessity in Fayette County is the site of the first battle in what would become known in North America as the French and Indian War (and known elsewhere as the Seven Years War), a global struggle for empire between the two superpowers of that time, France and England. The Fort Necessity National Battlefield and three related, nearby properties managed...

Exploring the Abandoned Lime Kilns at Canoe Creek State Park

The abandoned Blair Limestone Company kilns at Canoe Creek State Park.
The abandoned lime kilns at Canoe Creek State Park are remnants of a thriving limestone-processing facility that once operated around the clock in this now-tranquil corner of Blair County. Origins of the Blair Limestone Company Kilns In the early 1900s, the steel mills of Pittsburgh had an immense need for lime, used to remove impurities from molten iron as part of...

Exploring the Ghost Town of Scotia Near State College

How to find the Ghost Town of Scotia near State College Pennsylvania.
Driving along Scotia Range Road through State Game Lands 176 near State College now, you'd never guess that you are passing right by the location of a once-thriving iron mining boomtown. But in the late 1800s, the company town of Scotia, built by one of the richest men in the world at the time, served as home to employees of...

Exploring Factory Covered Bridge in Union County

Factory Covered Bridge over White Deer Creek.
Factory Covered Bridge is one of five existing historical covered bridges in Union County, Pennsylvania. Factory Covered Bridge FAQs How do I find Factory Covered Bridge? Factory Covered Bridge is located along Gray Hill Road in Union County, just 2 miles west of the Interstate 80 / Route 15 interchange.Use GPS coordinates 41.07365, -76.90292 to navigate to Factory Covered Bridge. ...

Exploring Little Shickshinny Falls in Luzerne County

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Little Shickshinny Falls on State Game Lands 260 in Luzerne County Pennsylvania
If you're looking for directions to Little Shickshinny Falls in Luzerne County, you're in the right place! Little Shickshinny Falls is a beautiful 25-foot tall waterfall located on State Game Lands 260, just west of the town of Shickshinny. Little Shickshinny Falls FAQs Where exactly is Little Shickshinny Falls located? Little Shickshinny Falls is located 1.25 miles west of the town of...

Exploring Concrete City in Luzerne County

Exploring Concrete City in Nanticoke Pennsylvania.
If you're looking for information about the abandoned Concrete City, you're in the right place! Concrete City is one of the most-famous ghost towns in Pennsylvania, and it lies tucked away in an overgrown, wooded plot of land on the outskirts of Nanticoke, in Luzerne County. At the time of its construction Concrete City was considered to be a "community of...