My Daily Travels

The Pennsylvania firefly, more commonly known around our parts as the “Lightning bug,” is a beloved night time embellishment during summer evenings. Children scamper in their effort to capture the miniature nightlights in Mason jars, only to release them later to save these beautiful creatures from... Sign in to see full entry.

Voted the most important building of the 20th century in a poll conducted by the American Institute of Architects, this masterpiece was entrusted to the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy by Edgar Kaufmann jr. in October, 1963. Fallingwater is the only remaining Frank Lloyd Wright house with its... Sign in to see full entry.

For paranormal and hiking enthusiasts, no experience is more fascinating then ghost hunting while spelunking in the only all water cavern and wildlife park in the United States. The entrance to the cavern is a 75-feet deep sinkhole that immediately welcomes you into something amazing. Open to the... Sign in to see full entry.

Nestled in the hills and dips of eastern Pennsylvania coal country, the Eckley Miner's Village was planned and built in the 1850s to house laborers working in Council Ridge Colliery. The eerily well-preserved coal-mining town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie. By the turn of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Remember stocking up on penny candy when you were a kid? Depending on when you grew up, that penny candy might have cost you an actual penny, or you might have paid a bit more, like maybe a quarter, for example. Those days can be revisited once again while sipping one of the 34 ice-cold flavored... Sign in to see full entry.

The mystery of the abandoned neighborhood of Lincoln Way in Clairton, Pennsylvania has been the subject of speculation since the early seventies, just after the first residents moved out, leaving all of their worldly belongings behind, including one vehicle, and then they simply disappeared without... Sign in to see full entry.

Pennsylvania's state song was written and performed by the boss himself. The title,"The Streets of Philadelphia was written Bruce Springsteen for director Jonathan Demme's film drama about the AIDS epidemic, "Philadelphia." The song was a critical triumph and went on to win the Academy Award for... Sign in to see full entry.

There once was a beautiful teenage girl named Gertrude Spring, who on a warm evening in 1935 dressed up in her pink prom-dress, in preparation for the high school prom that was being held that night. Gertrude's date, the handsome Bobby, arrived just in time, looking quite dapper himself, and fully... Sign in to see full entry.

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