State Places Challenge -- A to Z

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Variety, history, scenery, and the nation's first modern turnpike

Allegheny National Forest: Includes mountain bike trails, ski trails, and the floatable Middle Allegheny River
Bloomsburg: Kids need a break while crossing I-80? Try this.
Colton Point State Park: The west half of the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area: Half of it anyway. The other half is in New Jersey
Erie: Pennsylvania's shoreline on the Great Lakes
Fort Necessity: Where Washington trained on the job
Gettysburg: The battle, the address, a place to remember
Hershey: Chocolate Town, USA
Independence National Historical Park: Philadelphia. Where we got our start
Johnstown: Site of a famous and devastating flood in 1889
Keystone State Park: The namesake park of the Keystone State
Lancaster: The heart of Amish country
Millersburg Ferry: A paddlewheel on the Susquehanna
New Year's: In Philadelphia, it can only mean this unique tradition
Oil Creek State Park: A little history with your scenery
Pittsburgh: It's hard to imagine that more people don't know about this great city on the rivers
Quaint Crossings: How Pennsylvania refers to its covered bridges
Route 6: The two-lane alternative to I-80 or I-86
Steamtown: A different era and a different 'Road'
Tuscorara Tunnel: Some of the tunnels the PA turnpike is famous for have been bypassed, but this and others remain
Upper Monongahela Water Trail: A river trail to the Ohio
Valley Forge: Where the Continental Army came of age
Williamsport: The Little League World Series is one, but not the only, reason to visit
Xenobiota in the Xyloids?: (Strange life in the woods) You think X's are easy?
York: Factory tours, including Harley-Davidson, beer, pretzels and potato chips
Zelienople: North of Pittsburgh, just off I-79. A good place to take a break

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