Category: Pennsylvania

Indian Echo Caverns were the first caverns I ever went to.  I was only 10 or so and the family took a weekend trip to… read more Indian Echo Caverns

In 1948, Colonel Mahlon M. Haines, the owner of several shoe stores in PA & MD, decided to implement what is likely the ultimate advertising… read more The Shoe House

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site consists of a restored town from the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as ruins of a blast furnace.  Iron… read more Hopewell Furnace

Probably the only instance I’ve come across where the gift shop is far more entertaining than the attraction itself.  Lost River Caverns’ gift shop is,… read more Lost River Caverns

If you’re in eastern PA, you see quite a few signs on the highways for various caverns.  Over the summer, I decided to check some… read more Crystal Cave

With all the attention Centralia gets, it’s amazing most people are unaware of other mine fires and disasters.  I admit I had never heard of… read more Avondale Mine Disaster

I admittedly know little about this.  I stumbled upon it one day and snooped around, not really thinking anything about it.  Turns out this is… read more Abandonment in Hazleton

Who is Beth Doe?  This question has remained unanswered since December of 1976, when a woman’s body, cut up and stuffed into 3 suitcases, was… read more Grave of Beth Doe