Poconos
Hugh Moore Park, Pa
Hugh Moore Park http://www.canals.org/Visitors/Hugh_Moore_Park 30 Centre Square Easton, Pa Hugh Moore Park in Easton is a step-back-in-time of the National Canal System. Easton, Pa is beautiful, and tickets to the Hugh Moore park are offered in conjunction when you visit the Crayola Factory (see related article). The highlight of the trip is a mule drawn [...]
The Crayola Factory
The Crayola Factory 30 Centre Square Easton, PA 18042 http://www.crayola.com/Factory/ Where do we find the world’s largest crayon? A demonstration on how crayon’s are made? Perhaps the wall of forgotten colors? (some renamed, like Indian Red) The Crayola Factory, located about forty five minutes from Stroudsburg, Pa—in the heart of the Poconos—offers a day of [...]
Lackawanna Coal Mine
www.lackawannacounty.org 1 Bald Mountain Rd Scranton, PA 18504 (570) 963-6463 To the children who suffered Richard DiMaggio The Lackawanna Coal Mine in Lackawanna, Pennsylvania remains one of the most incredibly interesting, yet incredibly sad, places I have ever visited. This is a trip you must do, combining adventure with history, and a museum with the [...]
Franklin Hill Vineyards, Pennsylvania
http://franklinhillvineyards.com/ Franklin Hills is a wonderful vineyard located in Pennsylvania. They have several retail outlets, including the one in Tannersville, featured here. This is a must-visit vineyard every time I work my way to the Poconos. They serve a variety of wines. If I had to confess a personal favorite, the Cabernet Franc is always [...]
Pennsylvania Train Rides
Kiski Junction Railroad Leaf Rides and the Snow Dog Express! http://www.kiskijunction.com/ Schenley, Pennsylvania Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad (Near Hershey and Crayola) http://www.mhrailroad.com/ Middletown, Pennsylvania Near Hershey, Pa Nearby: Hershey Park, The Lackawanna Coal Mine, Crayola Factory and the Hugh Moore Park Canal Ride New Hope & Ivyland Rail Road www.newhoperailroad.com 32 W Bridge [...]
The Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art There’s nothing more satisfying than spending a rainy afternoon grazing at a great museum. The Philadelphia Museum of Art is certainly the perfect place to do it. Its exhibits are varied, easily spanning two millennia. The Museum also includes the off-site Rodin Museum just down the road on Benjamin Franklin [...]
Museums – Northeast USA
New York Museums Adirondack Museum Albany Institute of History and Art Amherst Museum (Amherst) Baseball Hall of Fame (Cooperstown) Bicycle Museum (12 miles south of Buffalo) Boswell Museum – For the Jazz enthusiasts! Bronck Museum (Coxsackie) – A complex of Dutch Colonial dwellings and 19th century barns, including the oldest surviving Dutch House in the [...]
Ultimate Train Ride Guide
Where to start on the fun train rides? So many trains, so little time. Looking for murder mysteries? Halloween rides? Bank robberies? Winery Trains? There is so much to offer. All these trains offer holiday and special event train rides: Polar Express, Day Out with Thomas, leaf peeping, pumpkin and Halloween Rides and more! The [...]
