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By Cele and Lynn Seldon for GO Magzine, AAA As flatlanders living on the South Carolina coast, the idea of a 148-mile bike

By Jennifer Allen, Wonders Within Reach What a combination, right? It’s surprising the diversity, and accessibility, of

By Batz Jr. for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sean Monahan’s art therapist asked him if he wanted to destroy his Army uniforms. He

By Karyn Locke for Sand and Snow Ligonier, PA, is a haven for American History. Add in the fact that the residents are a

By Bob Batz Jr. for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette No bones about it: Now that it’s fall, tastes turn to pumpkin beers, ciders and

By Vanessa Orr for North Hills Magazine One of the most wonderful things about living in southwestern Pennsylvania is that

By Jody Arneson for MidAtlantic Day Trips Like its sister park, Linn Run State Park, one county to the west, Laurel Hill

By USA Today 10Best editors For many, the only thing that takes the sting away from the end of summer is the anticipation of

By Jim Cheney, UncoveringPA.com Pennsylvania is a state filled with amazing history. However, the early 1800s is an era that

By Jeremy Jones, DiscovertheBurgh.com One of the fun things about running this site is that we're always discovering new

By Jeremy Jones, Discover the Burgh We can think back to a time in the not-so-distance past when there were no distilleries

By Shirley McMarlin for Tribune-Review Once again, USA Today readers have confirmed what Western Pennsylvanians have always

By Jim Cheney, UncoveringPA.com I don’t know about you, but there’s something magical about fall in Pennsylvania. The

By Meghan Schiller for KDKA-TV The Laurel Highlands have been named one of the best destinations for fall foliage in the

By Lillie Marshall for Around the World L What is the purpose of art? Let’s tour an astounding place which will utterly

By Robin Smith O'Neal for Travel Awaits Crisp air, vibrant autumn leaves, the smell of apple cider and funnel cakes are just

By Diane Bair and Pamela Wright for Boston Globe On a sunny Tuesday in September, the unthinkable happened: Terror attacks

By Karen Hendricks for Susquehanna Life magazine That feeling of being on top of the world? You can experience it—or at

By Billie Cohen for AFAR Magazine Frank Lloyd Wright’s great contribution to American architecture was basically . . .

By Lillie Marshall for Around the World L Glass looks so peaceful and dainty to gaze at — but the process of glass making is

By William Kennedy for Rave Reviews The Best White Water Rafting Destinations 1. Youghiogheny River Where to stay: Nemacolin

By Jody Arneson, Mid-Atlantic Day Trips We encountered some lovely barns in the Laurel Highlands -- Westmoreland County and

By Kylie Maxcy and Liz Provencher for Thrillist Meadow Run Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania This epic, 100-foot waterslide sits in

View from the porch at The Historic Summit Inn

By Lillie Marshall, Around the World L There are (watch the pun) MOUNTAINS of fun things to do in the Laurel Highlands of

By Fadra Nally, All Things Fadra If you’re looking for a Laurel Highlands getaway, you’ve come to the right place for your

By Laura Johnston for Cleveland.com HIDDEN VALLEY, Pennsylvania – I’d only visited the Laurel Highlands to ski. Specifically

Stunning Aerial Fall Foliage View from Great Allegheny Passage rail trail in Ohiopyle State Park

LIGONIER, PA., (Aug. 2, 2021) – A panel of experts and USA TODAY’s 10Best editors have once again chosen Pennsylvania’s

Seven Springs Mountain Resort Alpine Slide

By Malerie Yolen-Cohen, GetawayMavens.com Where and What are the Laurel Highlands PA? WHY GO: The Laurel Highlands PA sit

By Lillie Marshall, Around the World L Nestled in the bucolic Laurel Highlands of southwestern Pennsylvania sits one of the

Clare Kaczmarek, Baughman Rock, Ohiopyle State Park

By John Shumway, KDKA-TV Pittsburgh Looking for a way to get away somewhere close for the weekend? Consider traveling a bit

Carol Saylor, Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Amish

In September 2021, your neighborhood is taking center stage on PCN. As part of our regularly-occurring feature,

By Jim Cheney, UncoveringPA.com The Laurel Highlands is a three-county region in southwestern PA and is home to some of the

By Jeremy Jones, Discover the Burgh The Lincoln Highway is America's first transcontinental highway and runs from New York

By Sarah Zlotnick for Brides Magazine When you think “honeymoon,” you might think of a tropical island dotted with palm

By Joshua Axelrod for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette This may be blasphemous to Pittsburghers, but Mister Rogers’ first neighborhood

By Evie Carrick for Travel + Leisure Online Ohiopyle State Park — Pennsylvania In this beautiful Pennsylvania state park,

By Hal B. Klein for Conde Nast Traveler If you have a little extra time, a visit to famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s duo

By Susan Decoteau-Ferrier, Gen X Traveler Snow and natural beauty may be reason enough to visit the Laurel Highlands. And if

Silence of the Lambs - Buffalo Bill's home - New B&B

By Patrick Varine for Tribune-Review Buffalo Bill never told Clarice he had a nice big pool out back. To be fair, the

Huskies pulling sled on Laurel Mountain State Park trails

By Jeff Himler for Tribune-Review Ari Allen doesn’t particularly like being out in the freezing cold on a winter’s day. But

Snowshoeing, Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail

By Salena Zito for Washington Examiner Andrea Rodi began Saturday morning with her boyfriend enjoying a mini-vacation in

Salisbury Viaduct, Great Allegheny Passage

Opinion | By Ian Power for The Philadelphia Inquirer I’ve done one bicycle trip in my life and so naturally I’m insufferable

By Amy Brecount-White for Arlington Magazine I’m at a ski resort, but I’m not skiing. Instead, I’m exploring the options for

By Jeremy Jones for Discover the Burgh Much like everything else in 2020 (and onward into early 2021), the current

By Roland Leiser for Recreation News Skiers and snowboarders in the Mid-Atlantic will be heading out to the Seven Springs

By Keith Langston for PASSPORT Magazine PENNSYLVANIA - BEAR RUN Bear Run Nature Reserve sits in the Laurel Highlands and

Ligonier's Iconic Diamond Bandstand Aglow for the Holidays

By Erin Cavuto for The Pioneer Woman Who else has spent afternoons dreaming of stepping foot into the cozy, wintery towns of

Fall foliage makes its way to Pennsylvania

By Beth Kracklauer for The Wall Street Journal AN ASPECT I wasn’t prepared for when I started driving a convertible: the

By Bob Batz for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette One recreational trail through the Laurel Highlands got longer this month — the

By Steve Barrett for Greene County Messenger With fall officially here, the time has come to watch the green leaves of

Leaf-peepers, get ready for spectacular fall season

By Karen Mansfield for Observer Reporter Pennsylvanians are lucky to live in one of three regions in the world where

By John Shumway for KDKA CBS Pittsburgh While so many other things about 2020 have been strange, a seasonal favorite is

49 of the best hiking trails in the US to visit in your lifetime

By Theresa Christine for Business Insider If you're looking for a change of scenery, it's time to put on some hiking shoes

Fall Escapes on the Byways and Blueways of the Blue Ridge

By Jess Daddio for Blue Ridge Outdoors As the humidity finally gives way to cooler temperatures, fall colors emerge

By Amy Brecount White for Bethesda and Arlington Magazines On a sunny Saturday in June, Ohiopyle is a happy jumble of

By Shirley McMarlin, Tribune-Review Paul Nieman of Ligonier and his yellow Lab, Lily, hike all around Forbes State Forest,

By Gretchen McKay for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette OHIOPYLE — Nature rules in this quaint little spit of a town along the

By Shirley McMarlin, Tribune-Review Thanks to interest in the region’s thriving craft beverage industry, the Laurel

By Shirley McMarlin, Tribune-Review There’s a nip in the air and some tint in the trees. It’s time to start planning your

Fall Foliage Facebook and Instagram Post

By 10Best Editors, USA Today As summer winds to a close, temperatures are beginning to drop and Mother Nature is gearing up

By Heather Abraham for Pittsburgh Today Live Pittsburgh Today Live's Heather Abraham talks with Anna Baird, the creator of

By Kaitlin Miller for The Active Times The Tallest Buildings, Best Bridges and Most Beautiful Homes in America America is

BY TALIA AVAKIAN FOR TRAVEL+LEISURE Summer often means days spent cooling off in the water, and nature offers plenty of

By Jeremy for Discover the Burgh The Great Allegheny Passage is a rail-trail leading out of Pittsburgh that can only be

By Rusty Glessner for PABucketList.com The Laurel Highlands of Western Pennsylvania (Somerset, Fayette, and Westmoreland

By Jim Cheney for UncoveringPA When you think of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings in Pennsylvania, it’s likely that the

By Julie McCool for 365AtlantaTraveler With amazingly beautiful beaches, awe-inspiring mountains, the Appalachian Trail,

By Kristy Alpert & Jayme Moye for Fodor's Travel Leaf viewing is one of the easiest (and least expensive) ways to experience

By Jim Cheney for UncoveringPA.com Throughout Pennsylvania, there are many fantastic vistas that provide amazing and unique

By Julie McCool for FuninFairfaxva.com Spark the flames of love with these 22 fabulous romantic getaways from Washington

By Arthi Subramaniam for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Main Street in Ligonier packs a whole lot of food and history into its

By Bob Batz, Jr. for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette You have to love how some Western Pennsylvanians make the most of winter

By Malerie Yolen-Cohen for GetawayMavens.com GetawayMavens.com, bringing you the best weekend getaways in the Northeast, is

For Reservations.com Known for their heart-warming cards, Hallmark has capitalized on finding those moments that inspire

By Lillie Marshall for Around the World L Main Exhibit in Ligonier, Pennsylvania = WOW. Whether you’re seeking unique gift

By Julie McCool for Fun in Fairfax Plan a Laurel Highlands getaway with our guide to 15 fantastic things to do near

By Karyn Locke for Sand and Snow Are you headed to Seven Springs Ski Resort and ready to hit the slopes but not sure your

By Liz Mays for Eat Move Make Looking for things to do in the Laurel Highlands in the fall? This seemingly remote

By Amber Guetebier for Red Tricycle With the release of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood , you just might notice more than

By Chris Rodell for USA Today For much of the world, The Land of Make-Believe is a fabled state of mind. But in Fred Rogers'

By Mary Pickels for Tribune-Review This year’s winning images for the Laurel Highlands Visitors Bureau’s 15th annual Laurel

By Mary Pickels for Tribune-Review West Overton Village and Museums in East Huntingdon anticipates reviving its own history

By Karyn Locke for Sand and Snow Laurel Highlands in fall is an outdoor lover’s dream. And when the leaves are turning

By Jeremy Jones for Discover the Burgh In the mood for a haunted house while exploring the Laurel Highlands? Huston's

By Liz Mays for Eat, Move, Make It may not be ski season just yet, but the ultra-fun Seven Springs Autumnfest event gives the

By Charles McCool for McCool Travel For any upcoming romantic vacations, treat your sweetheart to more than just a romantic

By Ollie Gratzinger for Pittsburgh Magazine Laurel Highlands is promoting local breweries with its new Pour Tour — a

By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger for The Burg News Autumn is the perfect time to take a road trip to the Laurel Highlands, where

By Kathleen Ganster for North Hills Monthly Fall is the perfect time for a drive through the hills of western Pennsylvania,

By Bob Batz, Jr., for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Laurel Highlands Pour Tour is a new self-guided experience that allows

By Lillie Marshall for Around the World L A Master Class in How to Be Inclusive… You don’t realize how NOT inclusive much of

By Glenda Booth for Beacon Newspapers There are many good finds in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, an undulating countryside

By Lindsay Davies for I've Been Bit Pennsylvania is full of amazing destinations and the Laurel Highlands is definitely one

By Hilary Daninhirsch for North Hills Monthly Though some folks make their way to New England to see the splendors of fall

By Bob Batz, Jr. for Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A hundred years ago, the Army conducted a cross-country convoy on the partially

By Lillie Marshall for Around the World L See the hometown of Fred Rogers in Pennsylvania! Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was a

By Jeremy Jones for Discover the Burgh We are big fans of caves, and in southwest Pennsylvania, our options to go underground

By Lillie Marshall for Around the World L The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art: Wow. Two of my favorite categories of

By Jim Cheney for UncoveringPA.com In the mid-1700s, old Native American trails that were turned into rough roads during

By Bob Downing for Columbus Monthly Ohiopyle State Park Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania Drive from Columbus: 3.5 hours Ohiopyle State

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