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The rusting blast furnaces that tower over Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, once powered the largest shipbuilding company and second-largest steel manufacturer in the United States. For nearly 140 years, the Bethlehem Steel Corporation fueled American indust...

Tucked away from the sprawl of Philadelphia International Airport stands one of the most significant forts in American history. Fort Mifflin was a Patriot stronghold that defended the Delaware River during the early years of the Revolutionary War. Am...

This past week, I biked the Delaware and Lehigh Trail--a 140-mile towpath that parallels the Lehigh Navigation Canal, Lehigh Valley Railroad, and Delaware Canal from Wilkes-Barre to Bristol, Pennsylvania. These transportation and commerce channels we...

Starting Point: Easton, Pennsylvania, Mile Marker 59 (9:45 a.m.)

End Point: Bristol, Pennsylvania, Mile Marker 0 (7:30 p.m.)

Total Distance Traveled: 59 miles (6.1 miles per hour)

I decided to explore the city of Easton the morning of my third and final...

Starting Point: Glen Onoko, Pennsylvania, Mile Marker 109 (9:45 a.m.)

End Point: Easton, Pennsylvania, Mile Marker 59 (7:15 p.m.)

Total Distance Traveled: 50 miles (5.3 miles per hour)

Despite the minor heat exhaustion episode I experienced yesterday, I...

Starting Point: Black Diamond Trailhead, Mile Marker 140 (12:45 p.m.)

End Point: Glen Onoko, Pennsylvania, Mile Marker 109 (4:00 p.m.)

Total Distance Traveled: 31 miles (9.5 mph average)

The Delaware and Lehigh (D&L) is a 165-mile recreational trail tha...

Stone Mountain is the centerpiece and namesake of one of North Carolina’s largest state parks. The 600-foot granite dome stands 2,305 feet above sea level and is part of a 25 square-mile pluton—a gigantic igneous rock that formed underneath the earth...

The American Revolution was far from a unified affair. Fierce partisan warfare between Loyalist (Tory) and Patriot sympathizers ravaged the fragile sociopolitical climates of the colonies, especially those in the South. Georgia and the Carolinas were...

Grandfather Mountain is the highest peak in the Blue Ridge Range, towering prominently over the highlands of North Carolina at 5,946 feet above sea level. The mountain derives its name from a crag on its rugged precipice called Profile Rock, which be...

The Blowing Rock is a small park in western North Carolina that has entertained tourists for nearly ninety years, while its legend has been a Native American oral tradition for countless generations. Long ago, during a period of tense conflict betwee...