PA Bucket List

The Barronvale Covered Bridge isn't just the longest covered bridge in Somerset County. It's one of the longest covered bridges in all of Pennsylvania! So if visiting the biggest and best covered bridges in PA is on your bucket list, you have to make visiting this elongated beauty a priority! Barronvale Covered Bridge FAQs Where is the Barronvale Covered Bridge located? The Barronvale...

A Hidden Waterfall at McConnells Mill State Park? Visiting Grindstone Falls at McConnells Mill State Park requires a bit of detective work. After all, it doesn't appear on any "official" park maps. But rest assured, it does exist, and in the following paragraphs I'm going to tell you exactly how to find it. So if you enjoy a good "treasure hunt", read on! Grindstone...

If you're looking for directions to Hell's Hollow Falls at McConnell's Mill State Park, you're in the right place! Hell's Hollow Falls is a magnificent 15-foot tall waterfall along Hell Run in Lawrence County. Despite the name, the hike to Hell's Hollow Falls is relatively short, flat, and pleasant. So follow along and discover everything you ever wanted to know about Hell's...

If you're looking for information about visiting Fallingwater in Fayette County, you're in the right place! Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater is widely acclaimed as an architectural masterpiece and one of the most famous homes in the world - in 1991 an American Institute of Architects poll voted it "the best all-time work of American architecture". In 2019, the United Nations...

The Big Savage Tunnel is one of the structural marvels of Pennsylvania, located near mile marker 23 along what is now the Great Allegheny Passage hiking/biking trail in Somerset County. History of the Big Savage Tunnel In the early 1900s coal and steel were king in this region, and the Western Maryland Railway sought to connect Maryland to Pennsylvania and grab...

If you have never been to the Pack Saddle Bridge, there is one thing that sets it apart from all other covered bridges in Pennsylvania - waterfalls! Frothy and surging when Brush Creek is swollen by heavy rain. Sluggish and COLD in the Laurel Highlands winter! Sometimes seeming to literally grind to a halt in February, although the current is always...

If you're looking for directions to Dutchmans Run Falls in the McIntyre Wild Area, you're in the right place! Dutchmans Run Falls is a series of towering waterfalls along a rugged mountain stream in the McIntyre Wild Area, part of the Loyalsock State Forest in Lycoming County. A Brief History of the McIntyre Wild Area Long before it was a 7,279 acre...

Important Note: As of November 2023, the Windber Trolley Graveyard is no more! All the cars have either been sold to museums, trolley car collectors, or scrapped. This article will remain up in tribute to what was an amazing abandoned attraction in Pennsylvania. If you're looking for information about the Windber Trolley Graveyard, you're in the right place! The Windber Trolley...

Here are 10 amazing winter scenes from Ohiopyle State Park that prove the fun doesn't stop when the snowfall starts! 1. Cucumber Falls You may have splashed around at Cucumber Falls in the summer. As one of the most popular waterfalls in the Laurel Highlands, if not all of western Pennsylvania, that wouldn't be surprising. But have you seen it...