It takes a good six hours to drive the length of Pennsylvania, longer if you go diagonally corner-to-corner. So, of course, there are plenty of romantic hotels in PA, in all kinds of locations. What PA lacks in ocean beaches (Pennsylvanians head to the Jersey Shore for that), it more …
WHY GO: The defining characteristic of Wellsboro is nostalgia. All the things to do in Wellsboro PA – walking the tidy gas-lamp lined boulevard, seeing a show at the neon-marquee cinema, taking old-timey Covered Wagon Tours, and staying at an historic hotel – puts one in mind of the 1940’s. …
WHY GO: PA Route 6 is longest stretch of the transcontinental Route 6 which runs through 14 northern tier states. US Route 6 travels 3,205 current (3,652 historic) miles across the USA. But, for now, Pennsylvania is the only state with a dedicated Route 6 tourism association – the PA …
WHY GO: Drive from Smethport to Linesville PA on US Route 6 to find a dramatically destroyed railroad bridge, now a tourist attraction, two iconic American factory museums, and penetentiaries of fish (I’d say “schools,” but these carp are criminally voracious) in a tourist spot where “ducks walk on the …
What can you do on a US Route 6 Road Trip in the middle of Pennsylvania. In the directions to Wellsboro PA from Scranton below – we let you in on our favorite stops along the way. The following is an excerpt from my book, Stay on Route 6: A …
WHY GO: This 70 mile stretch of PA’s US Route 6, from Wellsboro PA to Smethport PA takes you back to the kind of vacation you might have experienced in your long-ago childhood. Drive through rolling, emerald hills. Very much like those of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Each twist and …
WHY GO: It seems that every Hollywood star, US President and famous author visited Milford PA when Louis Fauchere, Master Chef at New York’s celebrated Delmonico’s Restaurant opened Hotel Fauchere in the 1880 as a summer escape for city-weary folk. Now open year round, and having earned a Relais and …
Now known as Mount Airy Casino Resort in Mount Pocono PA, people of a certain demographic (Boomers, especially) will recall the earworm of a jingle from its previous life: “All you have to bring is your love of everything…Beautiful Mount Airy Lodge.” In courting newlyweds in the 60’s and 70’s …
WHY GO: Formerly a coal mining region, and current base for fracking, this 20 mile stretch of US Route 6 in from the recreational town of Hawley to Carbondale PA, and the industrial city of Scranton, features an intimate glass museum, a small Brooklynized ‘burg once so precious it was …
The things to do in Butler PA, and the surrounding Butler County Pennsylvania, just a short drive north of Pittsburgh, are so eclectic, the area defies description. So I won’t even try. Just know that there’s an abundance of oddities to keep a Connoisseur of Quirky Travel happy. There’s a …