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| 1 Amish Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Old Order Amish farmhouse, blacksmith shop, one room schoolhouse, barn & animals, smokehouse, buggies, waterwheel and windmill | Address Route 896 PO Box 115 Strasburg, Pennsylvania 17579 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Lancaster (9 mi) Closest Major Road: US 30 Closest Airport: Lancaster LNS (US Airways only); Harrisburg MDT | Contact Phone 717 687-8511 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Amish Farm and House | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Amish House and Farm in the middle of the tourist - shopping area. Farm includes various animals and crops, several barns, a watermill, windmill, and spring house. Blacksmith and quilter. | Address 2395 Rt 30 E Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17602 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Lancaster Closest Major Road: US 30 Closest Airport: Lancaster LNS (US Airways only); Harrisburg MDT | Contact Phone 717 394-6185 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Bahr's Mill | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 1897 woodworking and grist mill, still being restored.. It contains much of the original machinery. | Address 337 S Ironstone Dr Boyertown, Pennsylvania 19512 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Reading (25 mi) Closest Major Road: SR 100 to US 422 Closest Airport: Reading RDG (US Airways only) Allentown ABE | Contact Phone 610 369-7266 | ||||||||||||
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| 4 Colonial Penn Plantation | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 112 acre farm operates as a research and education facility dedicated to everyday life in the 18th century. The buildings were restored using 18th century tools and technology. | Address Ridley Creek State Park Media, Pennsylvania 19063 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Philadelphia (25 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 352 to US 1 Closest Airport: Philadelphia PHL | Contact Phone 610 566-1725 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Cornwall Iron Furnace | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Iron making complex operated from 1742 to 1883. Furnace, steam powered air-blast machinery, and several related buildings still survive. | Address Rexmont PO Box 251 Cornwall, Pennsylvania 17016 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Lancaster (25 mi) Closest Interstate: US 322 to I-76 Closest Airport: Harrisburg MDT | Contact Phone 717 272-9711 | ||||||||||||
| 6 Daniel Boone Homestead | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Existing home is built on the foundation and cellar of the home that stood there when Daniel Boone was born there | Address 400 Daniel Boone Rd Birdsboro, Pennsylvania 19508 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Reading (12 mi) Closest Interstate: US 422 to I-176 Closest Airport: Reading RDG (IS Airways only) Allentown ABE | Contact Phone 610 582-4900 | ||||||||||||
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| 7 Drake Well Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: This is where the oil industry began. Site includes a replica of the first well, a museum building, and several drilling rigs, with other oil and pumping machinery. | Address East Bloss RD 3 Box 7 Titusville, Pennsylvania 16354 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Meadville (30 mi) Closest Major Road: SR 27 to US 62 Closest Airport: Franklin FKL (US Airways only); Youngstown, OH YNG | Contact Phone 814 827-2797 | ||||||||||||
| 8 Eckley Miners' Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Company built (1854) and owned miners' village for 115 years, the village became the site for the movie The Molly Maguires. After the filming, the entire town was turned into a museum | Address RR 2 Box 236 Weatherly, Pennsylvania 18255 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Wilkes-Barre (35 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 93 to I-476 (east), I-81 (west) Closest Airport: Wilkes-Barre AVP | Contact Phone 570 636-2070 | ||||||||||||
| 9 Ephrata Cloister | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Site of a celibate German religious group, the community lasted from 1732 to 1934, although as a non-celibate German Seventh-Day Baptist congregation from 1814 on | Address 632 W. Main St Ephrata, Pennsylvania 17522 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Lancaster (15 mi) Closest Interstate: US 322 to US 222 to I-76 exit 21 Closest Airport: Lancaster LNS (US Airways only); Harrisburg MDT | Contact Phone 717 733-6600 | ||||||||||||
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| 10 Fort Ligonier | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Reconstructed 18th century frontier log fort. Log houses, fort buildings. Film and French & Indian War artifact collection | Address 216 S Market St Ligonier, Pennsylvania 15658 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Greensburg (20 mi) Closest Interstate: US 30, I-70 runs south Closest Airport: Pittsburgh PIT | Contact Phone 724 238-9701 | ||||||||||||
| 11 Fort Mifflin on the Delaware | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Built to protect Philadelphia from the British during the Revolutionary War, the fort was subject of a seven week siege | Address Fort Mifflin Road Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19153 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Philadelphia Closest Interstate: I-95 exit 13 Closest Airport: Philadelphia PHL | Contact Phone 215 492-1881 | ||||||||||||
| 12 Fort Necessity National Battlefield | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Small stockaded fort in a field. Original fort was built by George Washington as he was being pursued by the French. He surrendered after a brief battle. Site includes reconstructed fort, tavern | Address 1 Washington Parkway Farmington, Pennsylvania 15437 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Uniontown (15 mi) Closest Major Road: US 40 Closest Airport: Altoona AOO | Contact Phone 724 329-5512 | ||||||||||||
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| 14 Historic Bethlehem Colonial Industrial Quarter | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Site includes restored 1810 Goundie House, restored 1869 Luckenbach mill with contemporary craft gallery and interpretive exhibits, reconstructed 1763 springhouse, tannery , and 1762 waterworks | Address 459 Old York Rd Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Bethlehem Closest Interstate: I-78 exit 21 or US 22 Closest Airport: Allentown ABE | Contact Phone 610 691-5300 | ||||||||||||
| 15 Historic Hannastown (Hanna's Town) | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 18th century town was the first county seat west of the Alleghenies, destroyed at the end of the American Revolution. Costumed guides give tours | Address 951 Old Salem Rd Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Greensburg Closest Major Road: SR 66 to SR 130 (Amos Hutchinson Bypass), n to US 22, S to US 30 Closest Airport: Latrobe LBE (US Airways only); Pittsburgh PIT | Contact Phone 724 836-1800 | ||||||||||||
| 16 Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Iron working village of the 1820-1840 era. Visitor center, ten open buildings | Address 2 Mark Bird Lane Elverson, Pennsylvania 19520 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Reading (18 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 345, I-76 exit 22 Closest Airport: Reading RDG (US Airways only) Allentown ABE | Contact Phone 610 582-8773 | ||||||||||||
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| 17 Landis Valley Farm Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Buildings and artifacts of Pennsylvania German life in the 18th & 19th centuries | Address 2451 Kissel Road Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17601 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Lancaster Closest Major Road: SR 272 to US 222, I-76 exit 21 Closest Airport: Lancaster LNS (US Airways only); Harrisburg MDT | Contact Phone 717 569-0401 | ||||||||||||
| 18 Meadowcroft Museum of Rural Life | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Many hands on activities. Archaeological site with museum showing how work is done. 19th century village with general store and blacksmith, classes in one-room school. | Address 401 Meadowcroft Rd Avella, Pennsylvania 15312 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Steubenville, OH (20 mi) Closest Major Road: US 22 Closest Airport: Pittsburgh PIT | Contact Phone 724 587-3412 | ||||||||||||
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| 20 Niagara | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Maritime museum and home port of US Brig Niagara. Admission prices are higher when it is port, but it is the highlight, so call ahead. | Address 150 East Front Street Erie, Pennsylvania 16507 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Erie Closest Interstate: I-79 exit 44 Closest Airport: Erie ERI | Contact Phone 814 452-2744 | ||||||||||||
| 21 Peter Wentz Farmstead | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Farmhouse built in 1758, used by George Washington as his headquarters for part of 1777, now the site of a working 18th century farmstead | Address 2100 Schultz Rd PO Box 240 Worcester, Pennsylvania 19490 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Norristown (5 mi) Closest Interstate: I-476 Closest Airport: Philadelphia PHL | Contact Phone 610 584-5104 | ||||||||||||
| 22 Old Bedford Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 40 log and frame structures from 1750-1851, wooden bridge, operating pioneer farm. | Address 220 Sawblade Rd Bedford, Pennsylvania 15522 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Johnstown (40 mi) Closest Interstate: I-76 & I-99 Closest Airport: Altoona AOO; Pittsburgh PIT | Contact Phone 814 623-1156 Toll free 800 238-4347 | ||||||||||||
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| 23 Old Economy Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Old Economy was the last home of the Harmonists, who also created New Harmony in Indiana. Located in Ambridge, it has several of the original buildings | Address Fourteenth & Church Ambridge, Pennsylvania 15003 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Pittsburgh (30 mi) Closest Interstate: SR 60, I-76 Closest Airport: Pittsburgh PIT | Contact Phone 724 266-4500 | ||||||||||||
| 24 Pennsbury Manor | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Recreated country home of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. | Address 400 Pennsbury Memorial Rd Morrisville, Pennsylvania 19067 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Trenton NJ (8 mi) Closest Interstate: I-276 Closest Airport: Philadelphia PHL | Contact Phone 215 946-0400 | ||||||||||||
| 25 Pennsylvania Lumber Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: History of logging with visitor center and logging camp | Address 5660 US 6 West PO Box 239 Galeton, Pennsylvania 16922 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Elmira NY (60 mi) Closest Major Road: US 6 to US 15 Closest Airport: Elmira ELM | Contact Phone 814 435-2652 | ||||||||||||
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| 26 Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Tour actual underground coal mine. | Address 19th & Oak Ashland, Pennsylvania 17921 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Mt Carmel (5 mi) Closest Interstate: I-81 exit 35 Closest Airport: Allentown ABE | Contact Phone 570 875-3850 | ||||||||||||
| 27 Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: entered on a 1765 log house with 1892 additions, 12 other buildings. | Address 1000 Turkey Hill Rd Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18360 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Stroudsburg Closest Interstate: I-80 Stroudsburg Closest Airport: Allentown ABE | Contact Phone 570 992-6161 | ||||||||||||
| 29 Somerset Historical Center | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Rural Pennsylvania life in the early 1800's. | Address 10649 Somerset Pike RD 2, Box 238 Somerset, Pennsylvania 15501 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Johnstown (20 mi) Closest Interstate: US 219, I-70 (PA Turnpike) Closest Airport: Johnstown JSP (US Airways only) Pittsburgh PIT | Contact Phone 814 445-6077 | ||||||||||||
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| 30 Steamtown National Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Located in former train yards, the site features an operating roundhouse, locomotive shop, and museum. | Address 150 South Washington Avenue Scranton, Pennsylvania 18503 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Scranton Closest Interstate: I-81 Closest Airport: Wilkes-Barre AVP | Contact Phone 570 340-5200 Toll free 888 693-2018 | ||||||||||||
| 31 Valley Forge National Historic Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Perhaps the most famous military encampment in American history, Valley Forge housed the Continental Army in the winter of 1777-1778, and over 2,000 soldiers died from disease and hardship. | Address Highway 23 King of Prussia 19406, 610 783-1011 Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 19482 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Philadelphia Closest Interstate: I-76, US 422 Closest Airport: Philadelphia PHL | Contact Phone 610-783-1077 | ||||||||||||
| 32 Washington Crossing Historic Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Location of Washington's famous Christmas 1776 crossing of the Delaware River to surprise the Hessian garrison at Trenton | Address 1112 River Rd Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania 18977 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Trenton, NJ (10 mi) Closest Interstate: I-95, exit 31 Closest Airport: Philadelphia PHL | Contact Phone 215 493-4076 | ||||||||||||
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| 33 West Overton Museums | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Rural industrial village contains the Overholt Mill/Distillery, Overholt Homestead, Henry Clay Frick birthplace cottage, wash house and smoke house. | Address Overholt Dr Scottdale, Pennsylvania 15683 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Greensburg (20 mi) Closest Interstate: US 119, I70 Closest Airport: Latrobe LBE (US Airways only); Pittsburgh PIT | Contact Phone 412 887-7910 | ||||||||||||
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