Side Quest: Red Hill Road’s abandoned tunnel

For those brave enough to venture below Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautifully constructed tunnels and culverts…

The History of Leacock Township as recorded in the ‘1875 Historical Atlas of Lancaster County’

In 1875, Leacock and Upper Leacock Townships were considered two of the foremost townships in Lancaster…

Art: Occupation of Wrightsville by Lee’s Army, June 28, 1863

A brief skirmish in Wrightsville and the burning of its covered bridge—immortalized in this print by…

Side Quest: Waterfall Culvert of Fairview Road

For those brave enough to venture below Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautifully constructed tunnels and culverts…

Safe Harbor Mini-Adventure limited bandwidth

If you have poor cellular reception, here’s a limited bandwidth page for the Safe Harbor Mini-Adventure

Side Quest: Side-by-Side Culverts of Lakewood Drive

For those brave enough to venture below Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautifully constructed tunnels and culverts…

The History of Mount Joy Township and Borough as recorded in the ‘1875 Historical Atlas of Lancaster County’

According to the '1875 Historical Atlas of Lancaster County,' Mount Joy occupied a conspicuous position during…

Side Quest: Goff Run Culvert

For those brave enough to venture below the Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautiful tunnels and culverts…

Side Quest: Quarryville’s South Fork Big Beaver Creek Culvert

For those brave enough to venture below the Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautiful tunnels and culverts…

Some like it hot. Step inside the cold heart of Columbia’s St. Charles Furnace

While you can safely climb inside the St. Charles Furnace today, things would have been very…

Side Quest: Brave the darkness of the Colemanville Church Road Tunnel

One of the approximately 80 beautifully constructed tunnels, culverts, and bridges that were constructed along the…

Colemanville Church Road Tunnel

One of the approximately 80 beautifully constructed tunnels, culverts, and bridges that were constructed along the…

Side Quest: Tour the massive Culvert of Little Beaver Creek

For those brave enough to venture below Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautifully constructed tunnels and culverts…

Uncovering the history of the Safe Harbor Iron Works

In 1846, Reeves Abbot & Company from Philadelphia selected the area near the mouth of the…

Haunted Lancaster: All aboard! The Rock Point Tunnel Railroad Ghost

Even if you don't believe in ghosts, Chickies Rock is a place of death. At least…

Side Quest: Wade through the Creswell Station culvert

For those brave enough to venture below Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautifully constructed tunnels and culverts…

Side Quest: Tour the Enola Low Grade’s tunnel inside of a tunnel

For those brave enough to venture below Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautifully constructed tunnels and culverts…

On this Day in History: 1906 Shenks Ferry TNT factory explosion obliterates 11 men

It was on this day that the worst accident in Lancaster County history occurred. On June…

Additional information from the Shenks Ferry History Hike

Here are the images I showed during the Shenks Ferry History Hike with links for additional…

Haunted Lancaster: The ancient man-eating monster of Grubb Hollow

One night two college students spotted a Gollum looking creature in the tunnel at Shenks Ferry.…