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The Knocking Coffin of Lititz
In 1771, long before the Moravian Corpse House was built, gravedigger Claus Collyn was burying Thomas…
August 30: Tunnels of Enola Group Hike
Join Adam Zurn on Saturday, August 30, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. for the adventure of a…
The Corpse House of Lititz: Waiting Room for the Afterlife
The Moravian Corpse House: Lititz’s Most Unusual Building. Just off Main Street in Lititz stands the…
The Lancaster Friendship That Touched the American Revolution: Major John André & the Cope Family
The Unique Friendship of Major André and Caleb Cope In the fall of 1775, Lancaster found…
October 4: Safe Harbor Dam celebrates 94 years with ‘Fish & Fun’ event
Join me on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at Safe Harbor Dam for a morning of family…
Creek-Stomping Through History at Fishing Creek Nature Preserve
When was the last time you forded a creek? In southern Lancaster County, there’s a place…
August 28: Mysterious Petroglyphs of Safe Harbor Presentation
Discover ancient mysteries carved in stone! Join me on Thursday, August 28, 2025, at 6:30 PM…
America’s First Commercial Pretzel Bakery was in Lititz, PA
The Snack That Changed Everything: A Salty Lititz Legacy Along East Main Street in Lititz is…
Captain John Smith Meets the Susquehannocks
🗓️ On This Day: August 6, 1608 Captain John Smith Meets the Susquehannocks—Giants of the River…
Lancaster Crematorium: The Country’s First Public Crematorium
🔥 America’s First Public Crematorium Was in Lancaster! Tucked away behind a line of trees in…
Peculiar Names: The Buck
🌾 How did a little crossroads in southern Lancaster County come to be known as the…
Antique Toolbox: August Mystery Tool
Welcome back to the Antique Toolbox! Jennifer Royer, museum curator at Landis Valley Village and Farm…
The 10-Hour House: How a Bet Built Lancaster’s Fastest Home
What happens when a daring Lancaster businessman bets he can build a house faster than anyone…
Grant Noll Sycamore: The Oldest Tree in Lancaster County
🌳 Lancaster’s 375-Year-Old Giant 🌳 Tucked at the end of Plane Tree Drive in Lancaster stands…
Penn Rock: Where William Penn Reaffirmed Peace on the Edge of the Frontier
Tucked along a curve in Chestnut Street in Gap lies an unassuming flat boulder—Penn Rock—a forgotten…
Pequea’s Fountain of Youth
💧 The Healing Waters of York Furnace Spring Hidden in the rolling hills of Martic Township,…
The Fall of Billmeyer and the Rise of the White Cliffs of Conoy
Rising 30 feet above the Susquehanna River, the White Cliffs of Conoy look like something out…
The Petrified Corpse of Fulton Township
In the final days of 1884, a Lancaster County farmer digging a drainage ditch stumbled upon…