Fort Bedford
Open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Brandywine
Brandywine Battlefield
Carlisle
U.S. Army Heritage & Education Centre
Cashtown
<a href="https://rocktopbookshop.com/">Rocktop Bookshop and Bindery</a>
<a href="https://rocktopbookshop.com/">Rocktop Bookshop and Bindery</a>
Recommended by Chris Mackowski
Farmington
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
Open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Braddock's Grave
Forbes Trail
Forbes Trail
Gettysburg
• The Gettysburg Story
• As seen on PBS in 2026
• Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau
Ligonier
Fort Ligonier
Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Noon to to 4:30 on Sunday
Merion
Barnes Foundation
• One of the finest collections of nineteenth and twentieth-century French painting in the world
• Slated to close in June 2011 and reopen in 2012 in a new building near the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Morgantown
Architectural Walking Tours
• Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, May through October
American Philosophical Society Museum
• 104 South 5th Street at Chestnut St.
• Open Thursday – Sunday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m
Declaration House
• 701 Market Street
• Where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
Eastern State Penitentiary
Fort Mifflin
• Revolutionary War fort
• Open to March 1 - December 15
Independence Hall
• 520 Chestnut Street
Morris Arboretum
• Japanese Gardens
Once Upon A Nation
Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
• 3260 South Street at Spruce Street and 33rd Street
Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Manet: "Le Bon Bock"
• Renoir: "Bathers"
• Renoir: "The Large Bathers"
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Barnes Foundation
• Lots of Renoir
• Dale Gallon Historical Art, 1180 Knoxlyn Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325
• Dobbin House Tavern
• Farnsworth House Inn & Restaurant
• The Herr Tavern and Publick House
• The Historic Fairfield Inn 1757
• American Civil War Museum
• Wax Museum
• Large Gift Center
• Eisenhower National Historic Site
• Fields of Freedom at Gateway Theatre
• General Lee's Headquarters
• Gettysburg National Military Park
• Allow three hours to explore the museum
• Skip "A New Birth of Freedom" and The Gettysburg Cyclorama
• The Horse Soldier
• Lord Nelson's Gallery
• MKünstler Gallery
• Regimental Quartermaster
• 49 Steinwehr Avenue
• Dobbin House Tavern
• Farnsworth House Inn & Restaurant
• The Herr Tavern and Publick House
• The Historic Fairfield Inn 1757
• American Civil War Museum
• Wax Museum
• Large Gift Center
• Eisenhower National Historic Site
• Fields of Freedom at Gateway Theatre
• General Lee's Headquarters
• Gettysburg National Military Park
• Allow three hours to explore the museum
• Skip "A New Birth of Freedom" and The Gettysburg Cyclorama
• The Horse Soldier
• Lord Nelson's Gallery
• MKünstler Gallery
• Regimental Quartermaster
• 49 Steinwehr Avenue
• Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center
• Shriver House Museum
• Heard Nancie Gudmestad on Civil War Talk Radio
• Read At Gettysburg, or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle by Matilda "Tillie" Pierce Allemanb
• Soldier's National Museum
• 777 Baltimore Street
• The Rupp House
• Shriver House Museum
• Heard Nancie Gudmestad on Civil War Talk Radio
• Read At Gettysburg, or, What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle by Matilda "Tillie" Pierce Allemanb
• Soldier's National Museum
• 777 Baltimore Street
• The Rupp House
• The Lonely Mural on Coster Avenue painted by Mark Dunkelman
Harrisburg
• The National Civil War Museum
Harrison City
Bushy Run Battlefield
Open Wednesday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Harrisburg
• The National Civil War Museum
Harrison City
Bushy Run Battlefield
Open Wednesday to Sunday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Henryville
Visited here with Scott and fired an AK-47
Huntington
Isett Heritage Museum, 11941 Stone Creek Ridge Rd, Huntingdon, PA 16652\
- Home to central Pennsylvania's largest collection of antiques and memorabilia, containing exhibits from the 1800s to the present day
Swigart Museum, 12031 William Penn Hwy, Huntingdon, PA 16652
- America's oldest antique automobile museum
LATROBE
Latrobe Country Club, 346 Arnold Palmer Drive, Latrobe, PA 15650
Ligonier
Fort Ligonier
Open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Noon to to 4:30 on Sunday
Merion
Barnes Foundation
• One of the finest collections of nineteenth and twentieth-century French painting in the world
• Slated to close in June 2011 and reopen in 2012 in a new building near the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Morgantown
Classic Auto Mall, 6180 Morgantown Rd, Morgantown, PA 19543
- Home to a 400-vehicle barn find collection
OAKMONT
Local Remedy Brewing, 531 Allegheny Avenue, Oakmont
- Site of the Fried Egg Golf Club 2026 US Open podcast
- Bring your own food!
Architectural Walking Tours
• Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, May through October
American Philosophical Society Museum
• 104 South 5th Street at Chestnut St.
• Open Thursday – Sunday: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m
Declaration House
• 701 Market Street
• Where Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence
Eastern State Penitentiary
Fort Mifflin
• Revolutionary War fort
• Open to March 1 - December 15
Independence Hall
• 520 Chestnut Street
Morris Arboretum
• Japanese Gardens
Once Upon A Nation
Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
• 3260 South Street at Spruce Street and 33rd Street
Philadelphia Museum of Art
• Manet: "Le Bon Bock"
• Renoir: "Bathers"
• Renoir: "The Large Bathers"
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Barnes Foundation
• Lots of Renoir
• The Maverick’s Museum: Albert Barnes and His American Dream by Blake Gopnik
https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-mavericks-museum-review-albert-barnes-and-the-art-of-collecting-11f6c5e3
• The House of Barnes: The Man, the Collection, the Controversy by Neil Rudenstine
National Constitution Center
• Allow most of a day, not the two hours suggested
New Hall Military Museum
• Interpreting the role of the military in early U.S. history
Rodin Museum
• Largest Rodin collection outside of Paris
• Rodin is overrated
Shofuso
• Traditional-style Japanese house and garden
Yards Brewing Company
• Brewpub that produces Thomas Jefferson Ale
Pittsburgh
Church Brew Works, 3525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
National Constitution Center
• Allow most of a day, not the two hours suggested
New Hall Military Museum
• Interpreting the role of the military in early U.S. history
Rodin Museum
• Largest Rodin collection outside of Paris
• Rodin is overrated
Shofuso
• Traditional-style Japanese house and garden
Yards Brewing Company
• Brewpub that produces Thomas Jefferson Ale
Pittsburgh
Church Brew Works, 3525 Liberty Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Clash of Empires: The British, French & Indian War, 1754 - 1763
• Permanent Exhibition
Clemente Museum
Fort Pitt Museum
• Permanent Exhibition
Clemente Museum
Fort Pitt Museum
Wigle Whiskey Distillery, 2401 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222
