THE ALLEGHENIES AND HER VALLEYS PA
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BEDFORD: Play the designs of three golf architectural masters – Spencer Oldham, A.W. Tillinghast and Donald Ross – at the classic Bedford Springs Resort’s Old Course. www.bedfordspringsresort.com ALTOONA: Ride the Funicular, an incline plane at Horseshoe Curve Historic Landmark, to get a bird’s eye view of this railroad
hairpin turn. www.railroadcity.com
AT YOUR SERVICE: Bedford Springs Resort (Bedford, MAP: A-4) PATTON: Go underground at the Seldom Seen Tourist Coal Mine and learn
BEDFORD: Step back in time at Old Bedford Village’s 40 log and stone
first-hand about Pennsylvania’s old-time coal miners and their independent spirit. www.seldomseenmine.com
buildings, craft shops, village jail, blacksmith’s shop, carriages and settlers. www.oldbedfordvillage.com
UNIVERSITY PARK: Why does Penn State University Creamery ice cream taste
LEWISBURG: Hunt for antiques at Roller Mills, featuring more than 400 antiques
so fresh? Only seven days pass from cow to cone. www.creamery.psu.edu
dealers in this restored 1880s flour mill. www.rollermills.com
BELLEFONTE: See Victorian homes and
HUNTINGDON: See the world’s largest collection of license plates at the William E. Swigart, Jr. Automobile Museum. www.swigartmuseum.com
filigree-adorned downtown buildings on a walking tour. www.victorianbellefonte.com WOODWARD: Spend an intense week honing your skateboard, gymnastics, cheering and BMX bike skills at Camp Woodward.. www.campwoodward.com MIFFLINBURG: At the Mifflinburg Buggy Museum, learn how “Buggy Town”
produced more horse-drawn sleighs and coaches per capita than any other Pennsylvania town. www.buggymuseum.org BOALSBURG: In Memorial Day’s
FORKS: Kiss your sweetie at least twice under the state’s only twin bridges, the East and West Paden, so-named for spanning the same creek. www.columbiapa.org PATTON: Wander leisurely along rolling green hills on foot or horseback, or plunge your ATV onto expert trails at Rock Run Recreation Area, a 6,000-acre playground of terrain. www.rockrunrecreation.com POTTSVILLE: Take a free tour of Yuengling, America’s oldest brewery, family-
run since 1829. Two tours (open to all ages) are offered daily at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. www.yuengling.com
JOHNSTOWN: At the Johnstown Flood Museum, learn about the 1889
flood that killed 2,209. www.jaha.org ALTOONA: Spot the ghost of Isaac Mishler, said to still be roaming about the beautifully restored Mishler Theatre he built then rebuilt after a fire nearly destroyed it. www.mishlertheatre.org JOHNSTOWN: Ride up the Inclined Plane, an 1890 railway built up Yoder Hill.
birthplace, check out the artifacts that honor Pennsylvania service men and women at the Pennsylvania Military Museum. www.pamilmuseum.org
With its 70.9 percent grade, it’s considered the steepest of its kind. www.inclinedplane.com
MT. UNION: Start here for a winding 25mile journey through the scenic Juniata River Valley north on Route 103 to
LORETTO: Seek peace among the ponds and rock gardens of the Mount Assisi Monastery Sunken Gardens, at the former estate of Bethlehem Steel magnate Charles Schwab. www.visitjohnstownpa.com
Lewistown. www.juniatarivervalley.org
TIPTON: Ride the 1920s Antique Carouselle with 36 hand-carved horses at DelGrosso’s Amusement Park. www.delgrossos.com
ICE CREAM DREAM: Penn State Creamery’s Mint Chocolate Chip (State College, MAP: C-2)
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