Seven Years Away, Johnstown’s Best Friend Comes Home
Sunday, August 7th, 2011If Morley’s Dog had a proper name, it washed away along with everything else in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, when a dam burst and destroyed the city in 1889.
Castle Blood: Where Every Day Is Halloween
Friday, April 15th, 2011Halloween attractions rise from the dead every October only to fall back into the grave November 1st. No one has yet figured out how to trick-or-treat profitably 365 days a year, but some ghoulish attractions confidently display their outdoor skulls and props year-round as photo-ops for the macabre-starved.
Human Centrifuge Whirls Back into Public View
Friday, April 8th, 2011It was a bad end to a good story. The World’s Largest Human Centrifuge, which had reopened in Warminster, Pennsylvania, after years of neglect…
Ancient American Penitentiary Goes Hands-On
Monday, March 14th, 2011Some travelers seek out atmosphere by visiting Paris or Rome. We’ve always enjoyed the pungent terror ambiance that can be found in old, moss-grown American prisons. Perhaps the oldest and mossiest, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is giving its visitors a fresh whiff of behind-bars bouquet by inviting them to twist open its creaky [...]
Elephant Graveyard? Not At Mister Ed’s
Monday, February 7th, 2011Exactly seven months to the day after arson destroyed Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium in Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, a new Mister Ed’s has opened on the same spot.
Fret Set: Cigar Box Guitar Museum
Thursday, December 23rd, 2010The world’s first Cigar Box Museum is now located in the 77-year-old Speal’s Tavern in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania.
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