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Pickled snap peas. Jalapeno eggs. Sweet potato butter in a jar. All of it waits on the shelves of one quiet country store in northern Utah. The owner isn’t Amish or Mennonite. He grew up with Amish neighbors in Montana and built his shop to feel like the markets of Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Deep in central Pennsylvania, Rothrock State Forest offers wooded ridges, rocky trails, and quiet places where the outside world feels far away. Spanning nearly 97,000 acres, this expansive forest gives visitors plenty of room to hike scenic paths, camp beneath the trees, fish in peaceful waters, and simply slow down amid nature. Its rugged terrain and miles of forested landscapes make it an appealing destination for anyone looking to trade busy streets and everyday distractions for fresh air and open space.
A plate of crispy haddock and fries at one Pennsylvania seafood house can stretch into two full meals. That is a lot of fish for a place hundreds of miles from the nearest lobster boat. The whole idea started on a Massachusetts harbor, years before the doors ever opened. Today...
Craving middle-of-nowhere restaurants in Pennsylvania that are totally worth packing your bags for?. These 7 remarkable spots serve up outstanding food and experiences you’ll never stop talking about!. 1. Big Mike’s Steaks & Hoagies (Forksville) Forksville is a tiny borough tucked deep into Sullivan County, the kind of...
This Pennsylvania mountain became the world’s first refuge for birds of prey, though it didn’t start out that way. Hawks weren’t exactly welcome here in the early days. In 1934, a New York activist leased 1,400 acres and hired wardens to protect the birds. That same year, one warden started counting the raptors flying past.
For a lot of Western Pennsylvanians, the holidays officially start when the Eat’n Park Christmas Star ad comes on. It’s been around since 1982, and it’s one of many reasons the restaurant feels like part of the family. Here are the reasons Western Pennsylvanians still love Eat’n...
The crepes at this buffet get made right in front of you. A few steps away, the doughnuts come from a bakery that shares the same building. That combo alone got my attention. Then I learned the place calls itself a scratch kitchen, and the owners mean it. Pancakes and...
Some families bake every holiday cookie at home, and some families know exactly which bakery does it better. Across Pennsylvania, December brings road trips that end at a bakery counter with a box of cookies in hand. This list covers seven bakeries from Erie to Philadelphia, each with its own...
Christmas tree shopping in October sounds a little wild, but one Pennsylvania farm makes it official. Starting October 1st, you can claim your tree while everyone else is still debating Halloween costumes. That’s the kind of planning most of us only dream about. A different farm closes early on purpose...
One of these markets runs its own tortilla factory right inside the store. Another has a family that makes homemade tamales on Saturdays, and people carry them home to feed the whole household. Across Pennsylvania, small Mexican groceries turn into tamale headquarters when December rolls around. Some sell them hot,...
Next time you go hiking in Bucks County, be sure to pack a hammer and don’t be alarmed if you hear eerie sounds coming from deep inside the woods. No, these noises are not made by humans, animals, or even the movement of trees, but rather by a group of stationary boulders that emit a […]
After selling her Maryland home, Heidi Keeney moved back to Pennsylvania to build a cottage near her parents, but the project has taken far longer than she ever imagined
Some campus traditions involve cheering in a packed stadium. Others involve standing in a long line for a cone so big it needs its own plan. In State College, Pennsylvania, the second kind of tradition has been going strong since the 1800s, and it draws students, alumni, families, and road trippers alike. There is one size, one flavor per order, and a waiting line that somehow moves faster than you expect.
A cook fires up your own hibachi plate to order, right inside an all-you-can-eat buffet. You pick the ingredients, hand them over, and wait for the sizzle. That alone gets my attention. Then come the crab legs. Add a sushi spread and a long run of Chinese and Japanese dishes,...
You can walk an alpaca, milk a cow, and meet American bison without leaving Pennsylvania. Some farms even let visitors gather fresh eggs, feed baby animals, or spend time with rescued livestock. At Wooden Nickel Buffalo Farm in Edinboro, visitors can see bison and explore a seasonal corn maze. In...
Mid-fall is a confusing, kinda-over/kinda-not time in the garden. It’s a time when frost has killed (or is about to kill) the summer vegetables and annuals, but it is often warm enough to do more than burlap-wrap the tender shrubs and hide inside. Here’s a Q&A of what yard...
Pennsylvania bear hunting is a long shot, and fewer than 2% of hunters succeed in a given year. Mark Hanes of Bensalem has done it three times in four years, writes Brian Whipkey for PhillyBurbs. A Veteran of the Northeast Woods. Hanes, 51, hunts public land in Pike and Monroe...
One Philadelphia baker built a whole business around sweet potatoes, and she leaned on her grandmother’s recipes to do it. Her shop became the first Black-owned bakery in the long history of a famous city market. I love that a family pie helped make history. That story got me...
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