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West Overton Industrial Village Reveals the Humble Beginnings of American Industrialist Henry Clay Frick

Posted on January 22, 2022February 24, 2022by Jody Arneson
A large, three-story red brick mansion sits on the hillside behind a white, picket fence.

Learn about the humble beginnings of a famous American industrialist, financier and art patron.

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A Different Kind of Gettysburg Spirits!

Posted on December 7, 2016by Jody Arneson

Gettysburg is almost as known for its ghosts as it is for its Civil War battlefields. But increasingly, there’s a different kind of spirits lurking around this historic town! No exploration of Gettysburg would be complete without checking out one of its wineries or distilleries, so we headed to Mason Dixon Distillery (MDD), well within […]

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I love exploring the midAtlantic states of the United States, finding the best, most interesting and fun daytrip destinations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington DC, Delaware, West Virginia, New Jersey and New York. From the well known to the well off the beaten path, I'll take you as far as you can go in a day without a passport! Why daydream when you can daytrip?

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Who’s Got Rage? Breaking Things in a Rage Room! - 28 Jun , 2022
Hiking to a Ghost Town in Bear Mountain State Park — In Search of Doodletown - 25 Jun , 2022
Exploring Railroad History at the B&O Railroad Museum in Baltimore - 21 Jun , 2022
Three Short Hikes in Holly River State Park You Shouldn’t Miss! - 18 Jun , 2022
Enjoy a Perfect Bike Ride along the C&D Canal Trail - 14 Jun , 2022
Take a hike to an abandoned hamlet on the Hudson River! Holly River State Park is a delightful state park in the middle of West Virginia. Located in Webster County, the park is perched along the Left Fork of the Holly River near the town of Hacker Valley. It is the second largest park in the West Virginia state park system, with a total of 8,294 acres. Looking for a cool place to ride? The historic C&D Canal links two quaint towns and a path alongside the canal provides an almost 15-mile long biking trail that makes the perfect daytrip destination! Along the way you’ll travel through wetlands and a nature preserve, around a marina, and past an historic cemetery. Two beautiful, historic communities anchor both ends of the trail and the canal itself. You’re likely to see numerous birds, including great blue heron, white egrets, cormorants, osprey and bald eagles. Spend a weekend in heaven! Plan a visit to West Virginia's Pocahontas County-- definitely as close to heaven as you can get in the mid-Atlantic! The 86 acres of the Rock Creek Cemetery — one of the oldest in the area, dating back to 1719 — cover rolling hills and gentle slopes. If you’re a tombstone tourist, like I am, then this cemetery is a worthy day trip destination. The cemetery started as 100 acres of land donated by Colonel John Bradford in 1719 for a church and burial ground: St Paul’s Episcopal Church. (Nearby New Hampshire Avenue took up 14 of those acres.) Then, in 1840, an Act of Congress designated the grounds as a public cemetery for the city of Washington. Spent a rainy day exploring Easton and Talbit County's black history, including 2 driving tours that brought us to key locations in the landscape of Frederick Douglass' childhood on Maryland's Eastern Shore. I love smaller art museums! So much of this country’s history is not in our history books. Historic homes like Hyde Hall hold America’s history within its walls. About 8 miles north of Cooperstown NY, Hyde Hall is a fine examples of neo-classic country architecture within the United States, is a stunning reminder of a bygone American era when powerful English families established vast estates in the former colonies. We couldn’t go to a Canal Boat Museum, walk along the canal and visit the Erie Canal Museum without continuing our exploration with a boat ride on the canal itself. But by late October, the time of our trip, many of the boat tours had limited their operating hours to weekends only or were even closed for the season. But not the Sam Patch, a replica canal packet boat.

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