After writing a story about a headless singing ghost rumored to haunt Fishing Creek, several people…
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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.
Side Quest: Explore the wreckage of the Safe Harbor Christmas train accident
What happens when a freight train collides with a 3-ton boulder? Train engineer William Neway found…
Side Quest: Goff Run Culvert
For those brave enough to venture below the Enola Low-Grade, scores of beautiful tunnels and culverts…
Side Quest: Conestoga Boulevard Tunnel
This tunnel tucked beneath Conestoga Boulevard channels water into the Conestoga River
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…
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…
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…