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STILL MORE: We’re still on the list of the weird and wacky places to visit in Pennsylvania. Number 11 is Playthings Etc., in Butler. “Housed within a ...

MORE ODD: Continuing our weird trip through Pennsylvania, we’re at Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum & Candy Emporium in Harrisburg. We’ve heard of this pla...

ODD 2: We left off talking about weird and wacky destinations in Pennsylvania, specifically, Trundle Manor in Pittsburgh. It’s an art house/tourist tr...

ODD: Pennsylvania has a reputation for being a bit … interesting. The Pennsylvania tourism site VisitPa.com has a list of “16 top weird and wacky PA d...

TREAT: Have you ever heard of a popcorn chipwich? It’s an ice cream sandwich with a popcorn candy “bread” on the outside. This one might call for a bi...

WORLDWIDE: Sometimes we look for the answer to a question and find far more than we ever really wanted to know. That’s what happened when we tried to ...

OFF THE GRID: A survey by BusinessElectric.com showed that some of our local region lands on the list of sought-after places for off-the-grid living. ...

SMORES: It’s summertime, and time for that annual tasty treat made best over campfires — smores. The toasted marshmallow and chocolate treat between t...

BUFFALO BILL: We’ve recently shared a couple of articles about Buffalo Bill Cody’s connections to the Bradford area. Sally Costik told the story of Co...

HEAT: It’s certainly been warm outside lately, which had us sitting in front of a fan while we looked up some record temperatures around the nation. T...

COOKOUT: It’s summertime, time to enjoy meals outside, going on a picnic, using a grill at a state park. The American Farm Bureau Federation has relea...

CALM: Coming up on Independence Day, we’re sure to be hearing and seeing fireworks all over the area — hopefully legal ones. Some folks, and most dogs...

HORN: Scott Morgan of Kane wrote us to say he “was thrilled to read the wonderful article by Sally Ryan Costik about Buffalo Bill Cody in Saturday’s e...

FUN: During the summer, does a rainfall or a high temperature day ruin the fun? Not if you have a plan for indoor activities to keep children distract...

PA: The Christmas Tree Capital of the World, the World’s Largest Hamburger challenge, the world’s biggest shoe house — all in Pennsylvania. The Keysto...

PHRASES: The internet can be an interesting place, but if one is a stickler for getting things right, it may be best to avoid social media. We saw a p...

HISTORY: We at RTS happen to be fans of reading (not a big surprise), and are interested in history, too. We recently learned some presidential facts ...

PA: We’ve got some more random facts about Pennsylvania to share. Philadelphia’s infamous Eastern State Penitentiary had indoor plumbing and central h...

MORE PA: Have you ever wondered where the world’s largest paint can stands? Well, wonder no more! It’s in Shippensburg, adjacent to a Benjamin Moore P...

USELESS: Merriam-Webster maintains a “Great Big List of Beautiful and Useless Words,” several volumes of it, actually. We found this to be intriguing....