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Tag: Side Quest
Side Quest: Achieve rock star status at Star Rock Overlook
Receive a commanding 180-degree view of the Susquehanna River and its surrounding landscape from atop the…
Side Quest: Briar Patch hunt for Lancaster County’s only Mason-Dixon Line Crownstone
Lancaster County has five Mason-Dixon line markers along her southern border. I recently posted about an…
Update on the Search for Lancaster County’s Oldest Headstone
Just when I thought the oldest headstone in Lancaster County debate was settled, I received a…
Side Quest: How to Access the Martic Forge Trestle
It has been more than four years since an arsonist destroyed the Martic Forge Trestle on…
Phoenix Rising: Martic Forge Trestle reopens after devastating 2018 fire
It's been more than four years since an arsonist destroyed the Martic Forge Trestle on Thursday,…
Side Quest: How to Access the Safe Harbor Bridge Trestle
I've received many questions asking how to best access the Safe Harbor Bridge Trestle. As I…
Armchair Explorer: Fishing Creek’s Murder House
After writing a story about a headless singing ghost rumored to haunt Fishing Creek, several people…
Side Quest: Searching for Pequea’s Fountain of Youth—York Furnace Spring
Turn of the century documents speak of a spring near the Susquehanna resort town of Pequea…
Raiders of the Lost Flower. Can you help locate the elusive Three Birds Orchid?
Can you help locate the elusive Three Birds Orchid? This rare wildflower, once thought extinct in…
Side Quest: Governor Dick Observation Tower
Explore the boulder-filled forests of Clarence Schock Memorial Park at Governor Dick as you prepare to…
Side Quest: Visit the site of Mt. Gretna’s proposed Maximum Security Prison
In October 1938 ground was broken near Mt. Gretna to build an escape-proof maximum security prison.…
Can you help unravel the mystery of this Riverview Cemetery structure?
A recent expedition along the Conestoga River near Riverview Cemetery revealed this puzzling stone structure. Can…
Side Quest: Journey to the watery center of Tobe Run Lair
This side quest has you exploring the watery lair of Tobe Run. The lair lies hidden…
Side Quest: Norman Wood Bridge Culvert
Speak, friend, and enter. Did I find a possible entrance to the Mines of Moria? This side…
Side Quest: Conestoga Trail cool off
If the summer heat has you down and you need to cool off, look no further…
Side Quest: Visit one of Lancaster’s oldest structures – Byerland Mennonite Meetinghouse
Most Lancastrians know that the Hans Herr House is the oldest building still standing in the…
Side Quest: Explore the ruins of the Colemanville Water & Power Company Dam
Colemanville Hydroelectric Plant on the Pequea Creek and photos of its March 1926 dam breach.