The Discerning Traveler

Philadelphia

V26N1 - Barnes Foundation, National Museum of American Jewish History, Independence National Historic Park, Old City, South Street, Italian Market, Reading Terminal Market, museums, galleries

The Brandywine Valley Pennsylvania and Delaware

V23N1 Longwood Gardens, a magnificent, perfectly manicured paradise is one of the great gardens in the world; Winterthur Museum holds the finest collectioon of handmade American furniture and decorative arts displayed in 196 rooms; Brandywine River Museum the restored nineteenth-century gristmill on the banks of the Brandywine RIver is home to three generations of Weyth paintings; Nemours Mansion and Gardens is a 70-room Louis XVI-style chateau built 1909-1910; Hagley Museum the 230-acre site of du Ponts' first black-powder works; Mt. Cuba Center a 630-acre property featuring gardens and paths that meander through serene woodlands with wildflowers from the Applachian and Piedmond region and much more.

Gettysburg, Harpers Ferry, Antietam

V23N2 - Civil War battle sites -- Gettysburg National Military Park, Antietam, John Brown at Harpers Ferry.

Poconos and Upper Delaware River Valley

V19N3 - Delaware Water Gap, Milford, Hawley, Jim Thorpe, Delaware River National Park, rafting and canoeing, Scranton coal mine tour, Steamtown.

Lower Delaware River Valley

V16N2 - New Hope, Lambertville, Doylestown, Frenchtown, Milford, Washington's Crossing, art galleries, craft stores, antiquing.

Lancaster County

Lancaster, Ephrata, Lititz, Intercourse, The Amish, farmers, out-of-the way stores, markets, quilts, backroads.

Pittsburgh and the Laurel Highlands

V13N4 - Downtown's Golden Triangle, Carnegie and Warhol Museums, Heinz Memorial Chapel, Grand Concourse and Station Square, neighborhoods -- South Side, Strip District, Shadyside; Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and
Kentuck Knob, rafting on the Ohiopyle River.