Probably one of the most extensive historical sites in northwest Pennsylvania, the Drake Well Museum in Titusville is located on the site of the birthplace of the modern oil industry. In 1859, Edwin Drake struck oil here, which has become one of our most valued resources.
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Allow aircraft from the past to guide you through the rich history of flight. It’s an aircraft restoration and working museum specializing in WWII and Vietnam-era aircraft and artifacts.
The 150-year-old furnaces built of stone are located along State Highway Route 68 about one mile upstream from the point where Sugar Creek empties into the Allegheny River on the north side of the river bridge at East Brady.
When Altoona lost the bid for the Commonwealth of Altoona Pennsylvania’s Railroad Museum in 1965, that didn’t stop local people from pursuing a Railroad Museum for Altoona.
A Brief History of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum As automobiles and buses replaced streetcars more than a half century ago, a small group of people with a dream came together to form an organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting the the trolley e
Visit Tour-Ed Mine to learn about the history of mining coal. Take a trip through this educational coal mine and see how coal was dug by hand in 1850 and how modern hydraulic monsters mine coal today.
Simpler Times Museum is a group of five buildings full of priceless history. It is a hidden treasure at 111 Simpler Times Lane, Tidioute (four miles north of Tidioute on Route 62).