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West Sunbury is a small town that had some big dreams. Although at one time considered the smallest borough in the state, it had hopes it would become the county seat ins...

No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum Address: 9 Dock St., Lansford, Pa. Phone: 570-645-7074 Open: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday Of Note: Visitors ...

Barney Dreyfuss wasn’t jealous. He may have been envious. The Pittsburgh Pirates owner had seen Philadelphia open Shibe Park as the new home of the Athletics in 1909. Bas...

It was raining when James McCurdy arrived in the future Summit Township in 1796. The 19-year-old and his companion, Thomas Smith, were planning to settle in Mercer County...

The Seattle Star, on a crowded front page of its Saturday, Jan. 1, 1910, edition, reported that one Charles W. Peterson had been robbed of $150 and a watch while celebrat...

Gathered here are suggestions where history can be experienced. Information included was gathered from the museums’ websites. The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum ...

Long before the sleek ribbon of Interstate highways crisscrossed the United States, a bold idea sparked the imagination of a nation. That idea was the Lincoln Highway — A...

A million years ago, ice covered a portion of Pennsylvania, including what is today known as Marion Township. The glaciers melted and retreated, leaving many deposits beh...

America has always loved its cowboys. Even before the frontier was declared closed in the late 19th century, people voraciously consumed dime novels that told fictional s...

Radio and Television Museum Address: 2608 Mitchelville Road, Bowie, Md. Phone:301-390-1020 Open: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunda...