HISTORY Uncommon History Lessons These interactive experiences go beyond browsing exhibits at a typical museum and instead, immerse Happy Travelers into different time periods through tours that touch on unexpected topics and only-in-PA history. follow a costumed guide past some of the city’s most notable historic landmarks and Elfreth’s Alley, a picturesque alley lined with 32 original Colonial homes. Visiting in December? Watch the annual reenactment of George Washington’s River Crossing at Washington Crossing Historic Park in Washington Crossing. FOUNDING FATHERS Take a peek into the birth of a nation on an Independence After Hours tour in Philadelphia, where you’ll enjoy a three-course dinner at the historic City Tavern and get a private tour of the Pennsylvania State House, later known as Independence Hall. On the Franklin Footsteps Walking Tour , also in Philadelphia, West Overton Museum Scottdale 10 visitPA.com CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: M. FISCHETTI FOR VISIT PHILADELPHIA®; DISCOVERLANCASTER.COM; LHVB (2 PHOTOS) HAUNTED HISTORY Haunted Pittsburgh Tours imparts a peculiar history lesson through the telling of good ol’ fashioned ghost stories. At Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, follow an audio tour to learn about the prison’s unusual history as you walk through eerie cells and corridors. Take the Haunted Field Hospitals Tour by candlelight with Gettysburg Ghost Tours to visit homes and churches that served as makeshift hospitals during the Battle of Gettysburg. Then, find out how the region’s leading ladies influenced history on The Women in History Graveyard Tour at Historic Doylestown Cemetery in Doylestown. BOOZY BACKSTORIES Get some insight on Pennsylvania’s boozy backstory when you follow the Whiskey Rebellion Trail , a network of museums, historic sites, and distilleries that gives visitors a glimpse into the historic tax protest’s impact. Learn about the Whiskey Rebellion on a distillery tour of Liberty Pole Spirits in Washington, and visit sites that were significant to this protestation, such as the Bradford House Museum in Washington, Oliver Miller Homestead in South Park, or West Overton Village & Museums in Scottdale. Toast to all of your new knowledge at the Tall Pines Distillery in Salisbury, Thistle Finch distillery in Lancaster, or Rowhouse Spirits in Philadelphia. Or take a tour with a beer in-hand on the Historically Hilarious BYOB Trolley Tour in Philadelphia, where you’ll learn about off-the-beaten-path sites in the city. Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia
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