This abandoned tunnel lures many to explore its shadows. Do you dare to explore it too?
Centre County
Discover Black Moshannon State Park: Bogged Down in Beauty
Explore winding trails, a serene lake and unique ecosystem at this state park.
Four Fantastic Scenic Views Along Poe Paddy Road in Bald Eagle State Forest
Take a scenic drive in Bald Eagle State Forest to these five lovely overlooks!
The Journey’s the Point for the Shingletown Gap Hike
With its lush greenery along a babbling creek, the Shingletown Gap hike is about the journey — of enjoying being out in the woods along a creek.
Forging History: The Legacy of Curtin Village at Eagle Ironworks
From its founding by an Irish immigrant to its survival for an astounding 112 years, discover how this unique village blended community, industry and innovation.
Centre Furnace Mansion
Minutes from the Penn State campus in Centre County is an historic mansion that helps tell the story of the iron industry in America, how the county got named, and Penn State itself was founded. An artist’s interpretation of Centre Furnace Mansion in the early 1800s. The mansion is a restored and furnished ironmaster’s home […]
Browsing Bellefonte’s Spirits, Boutiques and Antiques
Bellefonte was named by a French diplomat on a land-speculation visit to central PA in the 1790s. He named the crossroads “la belle fonte” for the natural spring — “Big Spring” — in town that provides the town its drinking water. Bellefonte’s Big Spring was awarded the “best tasting water in the state” by the […]
Boal Mansion and Columbus Chapel
What’s an authentic medieval European chapel doing in the middle of Pennsylvania? You’ll have to daytrip to the Boal Mansion, in Boalsburg, to find out! The Boal Estate has been the Boal family home for more than 200 years. During a tour, you learn the story of America as seen through eight generations of one […]
Lovely Discoveries at the “New” Penn State Arboretum
The only constant is change, and that’s never more apparent than when you revisit a place you lived and loved for four years. I graduated from Penn State 30 years ago, and although the bones are all still there, new buildings and new features jar the walk down memory lane. The field hockey fields and […]