Bicycle Heaven

Located in Pittsburgh’s North Side, Bicycle Heaven bills itself as the country’s largest bicycle museum. Close to 2,000 bikes ranging from vintage to new are on display; including the Bowden Spacelander, the first fiberglass bike. Two floors of bicycles, accessories, and exhibits are just the beginning of what this unique museum has to offer. Join […]

Joseph Priestley House

Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) was a chemist, theologian, political thinker, and writer. He is known for the discovery of oxygen, carbon monoxide, carbonation, and the invention of the timeline. After his home in England was burned in a riot, he left England for Northumberland, PA in 1794 where he lived the last ten years of his […]

Mercer Museum

As the United States industrialized in the late 1800’s, old handmade tools and products were being replaced by mass-produced items. Henry Mercer began to collect these artifacts of the pre-industrial era and in 1916 build a concrete castle to house them. Today’s Mercer Museum in Doylestown, PA contains around 40,000 items including old tools, a […]

John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion

The John Harris-Simon Cameron Mansion in Harrisburg is named for two of its owners. John Harris, Jr. was the son of the man for whom Harrisburg is named. He built the house in 1766 along the Susquehanna River. Simon Cameron was a long-time U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania and later served as Secretary of War and […]

Johnstown Flood Museum

It’s History! visits the Johnstown Flood Museum to learn about the city’s tragic past. This museum tells the story of the 1889 flood through exhibits, photographs and artifacts. Join us on this episode as we explore the flood and the struggle to rebuild the City of Johnstown. Order this episode on the PCN Store

“The Sphinx That Traveled To Pennsylvania” PA Books, March 20 at 7PM

“The Sphinx That Traveled to Philadelphia” tells the fascinating story of the colossal sphinx that is a highlight of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries and an iconic object for the Museum as a whole. The narrative covers the original excavations and archaeological history of the Sphinx, how it came to Philadelphia, and the unexpected ways […]

PA Books: “The Parker Sisters”

In 1851, Elizabeth Parker, a free black child in Chester County, Pennsylvania, was bound and gagged, snatched from a local farm, and hurried off to a Baltimore slave pen. Two weeks later, her teenage sister, Rachel, was abducted from another Chester County farm. Because slave catchers could take fugitive slaves and free blacks across state […]

PA Books: “Beyond Rust”

Beyond Rust chronicles the rise, fall, and rebirth of metropolitan Pittsburgh, an industrial region that once formed the heart of the world’s steel production and is now touted as a model for reviving other hard-hit cities of the Rust Belt. Writing in clear and engaging prose, historian and area native Allen Dieterich-Ward provides a new […]

PA Books: “Hold Your Horses! The Pennsylvania Farm Show at 100”

This distinctive book records the rich history of the nations’ largest indoor agricultural exposition. It is filled with inspiring stories, interviews and photos that chronicle its unique 100-year history of the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Mary Klaus, author of “Hold Your Horses! The Pennsylvania Farm Show at 100,” is a former 4-H member from Westmoreland County. […]