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Side Quest: Forgotten Structure of the Susquehanna
Less than 100 feet from the Susquehanna River nestled beside the Columbia and Port Deposit Railroad…
Side Quest: ‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit’
I half expected to see Bilbo Baggins pop out of this Hobbit hole. What do you…
Art: Lancaster County Courthouse 1875
Here is the Lancaster County Courthouse, as seen in the '1875 Historical Atlas of Lancaster County.'
‘Spanish Flu’ in Lancaster
COVID-19 isn't the first pandemic to strike Lancaster. In 1918, "Spanish Flu" exacted its toll on…
Side Quest: Can you find the Ents living in the River Hills?
If you know where to look, metal munching Ents hide in plain sight among the trees…
Art: Smith Tower on the Enola Low Grade
Pennsylvania Railroad's mightly M1 steam locomotive No. 6857 blasting its way westward past Smith Tower.
Armchair Explorer: Make your reservation today for the Pequehanna Inn – Pennsylvania’s Crown Jewel answer to Lake Placid
In an alternate universe, a five-story, 384-room luxury hotel sits high on a hill above the…
Side Quest: Behold Grubb Run’s Mysterious Stone Giant
If you hike the wildflower trail deep in Bausman's Hollow, you will eventually spot this mysterious…
Art: ‘Doodle-Bug’ motor car of Mountville
"Doodle-Bug" motor car of Mountville pulls in on a cold winter morning with the day's mail.
Side Quest: Suzy’s Hole Geocache
If you are looking for a side quest to round out your Pequea Trolley Adventure, try…
Poetry: “Safe Harbor Village the perfect subject for a miniature-artist”
Here's a free verse poem that Joseph Estlack was inspired to write after his recent visit…
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…
America’s first toll road: The Philadelphia & Lancaster Turnpike
Imagine traveling a road that was so pleasurable you would happily pay to use it? That's…
Side Quest: Waterfall Culvert of Fairview Road
For those brave enough to venture below Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautifully constructed tunnels and culverts…
Poetry: “Within This God’s Acre”
Here's a free verse poem that Joseph Estlack was inspired to write after his recent visit…
Armchair Explorer: The Search for Pequea’s Subterranean Lake
In 1870, a Lancaster newspaper reported that a mysterious subterranean lake existed in Pequea Township. Was…
How did ‘Heckel Stettle’ become East Petersburg?
Known initially as Heckel Stettle, the town of Petersburg eventually added East to its name for…