Walk the Footsteps of America's Past
Want your history with a pillow and a hot breakfast? These seven Pennsylvania inns and taverns hosted Washington, quartered soldiers, or watched the Continental Army march past — and every one of them has a bed you can sleep in tonight.
The colonial story gets the textbooks, but the Gilded Age built the country — and Pennsylvania was its engine room. This four-day itinerary follows anthracite, canals, and steel through Scranton, Eckley, and the Alleghenies before more of it disappears.
Gettysburg gets the crowds, but the Revolution is where America was actually argued into existence — and Pennsylvania holds the proof. Seven under-visited sites, each perfect for a day trip, from winter encampments to the bloodiest hour of the war's Philadelphia campaign.
Forget the textbook version of the Underground Railroad — Pennsylvania lets you stand inside the story. This three-day driving route links Philadelphia's free Black churches with farmhouse hideaways in Chester and Bucks counties, where freedom seekers found refuge on their way north.