Do you enjoy learning about America’s past, present and future?

Then on your next PA family vacation, you must visit Pennsylvania’s Great Lakes Oil Region. It’s rich with history.

Leave your worries behind as you indulge in the natural beauty, historic structures, Indian heritage, festivals and recreational opportunities of the Oil Heritage Region.

The family will love visiting the Drake Well Museum, the site where the world’s first commercial oil well was drilled!

Do you want to see the oldest well in the entire world that’s still producing oil at its original depth? McClintock Well #1 awaits you.

Listen to old oil boom tales as you take part in a murder mystery dinner on the Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad!

If you love music, then you must shimmy on over to the DeBence Antique Music World. This one-of-a-kind collection of over 100 old-fashioned automated musical instruments is known as the “see and hear” museum. You [...]

Do you love the feel of the hot, splendid sun and a warm breeze? Do you enjoy a carefree pace in a rural setting?

Then gorgeous Central Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River Valley needs to be your next Pennsylvania weekend getaway.

You’ll discover beauty at every trail, winding hill and pit-stop. You’ll be reminded that life is all about the journey, and you need to slow down and smell the flowers once in a while.

You’ll follow winding rivers, curvy roads and pathways that connect you to one delight after another. You’ll be invited to stop often and listen, explore, celebrate, soak in the beauty.

Discover Art Deco and Victorian architecture, concerts-in-the-park, galleries, museums, wineries, fishing, hiking and so much more.

When your bellies are hungry, you’ll uncover delicious entrees created with locally grown ingredients at restaurants to give you a taste of the Susquehanna River Valley’s seasonal offerings.

Gloria Gaither knew what she was talking about [...]

Who: You and your significant other, or family
What: Pennsylvania Vacation
Where: The Village of Slippery Rock, PA
When: Whenever you feel the need for a Pennsylvania weekend family getaway
Why: To take a break from reality and soak up Mother Nature’s beauty in a small town
How: How to get there? That’s up to you. How will you enjoy your Pennsylvania vacation?

Here are some suggestions.

Slippery Rock, is the “Town Known Round The World.” It’s an ideal place to visit. This cozy community is filled with friendly people, easy access to shopping and tons of recreational options.

Can you smell what The Rock is cooking? The town is just a pebble’s toss away from The Rock – Slippery Rock University, which brings additional cultural opportunities to the small community. Every spring, the university sponsors a year-long performing arts series called the Kaleidoscope. There’s always street fairs, parades, student [...]