PA Bucket List

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

If you're looking for information about visiting Fort Ligonier in Westmoreland County, you're in the right place! Fort Ligonier in Westmoreland County is a historically accurate reproduction of a British fort originally constructed in 1758 during what would become known as the French and Indian War. Brief History of Fort Ligonier In the mid-1750s, what is now western Pennsylvania was a wild...

The Lincoln Highway Experience is a museum dedicated to telling the story of the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental automobile route linking the east and west coasts of the United States. History of the Lincoln Highway The Lincoln Highway was conceived in 1912 by the automotive entrepreneur and racing enthusiast Carl G. Fisher. Fisher realized that having a system of good roads...