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 Hershey Park; the caverns are only a few miles away. Since we were on a cave kick last summer, I decided to revisit...
In 1948, Colonel Mahlon M. Haines, the owner of several shoe stores in PA & MD, decided to implement what is likely the ultimate advertising gimmick. He had a house shaped like a shoe built in Hellam. The house was actually intended to be used as a vacation...
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 was produced here from 1771 until 1883. The work was somewhat dangerous, but the workers generally made decent money and lived good lives. ...
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, for lack of a better word, awesome. Part of it serves as a mini museum of the most random stuff you can think...
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 of them out; it had been some time since I’d been underground anyway. We went to both Crystal Cave and Lost River Caverns...
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 Avondale until I went looking for a geocache hidden there. How does a mine disaster site with a 100+ death toll become overlooked?...
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 now set for demolition so I figured I’d post it. The only information I could find was that this allegedly was supposed to...
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 tossed from a bridge along Route 80 near White Haven. There was no identification on her. There were no leads. Nobody ever reported...
