Summer Along for the ride at Fat Lenny’s punk rock candy shop 6 Sep 201712 Jan 2018 ERIE, Pa. — We knew something cool was going to happen before we even stepped into Fat Lenny’s. We knew it because it was called Fat Lenny’s, but also because…
Summer Randyland: A peaceful excursion in Pittsburgh’s Mexican War Streets 21 Aug 201727 Sep 2017 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP3djRXvvr8 PITTSBURGH — The unique art space The Mattress Factory was already there, and so was the Andy Warhol Museum, so Randy Gilson didn’t exactly step into a void when…
Summer Ray’s Hill Tunnel and its abandoned Pennsylvania turnpike 14 Aug 201721 Aug 2017 BREEZEWOOD, Pa. — I had driven through the night, fueled by coffee and restored by an hour-long nap at a “unique area” in New York. I had detoured us to…
The Other Things Skin and bones: How Mad Anthony was twice buried 4 Oct 201631 Dec 2016 ERIE, Pa. Pennsylvania loves its war heroes. Oliver Hazard Perry, Alexander Kelly, Nicolas Biddle, dozens of others. But only one of them had his bones boiled for transport: Mad Anthony…
Summer For one day, Knoebels was the happiest place on earth 29 Jul 201530 Jul 2015 ELYSBURG, Pa. — Here is a park that has survived a Great Depression, a World War and a half-dozen floods. And rather than looking old and tired, Knoebels—85 and counting—is…
Summer Ghost town: Return to Centralia 26 Jul 201529 Jul 2015 CENTRALIA, Pa. — On a tour at Pioneer Tunnel in Ashland, our guide retold the story of Centralia, a ghost town done in by a mine fire that started in…
