Bird’s-Eye View Maps of the Wyoming Valley Region
An index to some bird’s-eye view maps from Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley region
Posts about curiosities
Bird’s-Eye View Maps of the Endless Mountains Region
An index to some bird’s-eye view maps from Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains region and surrounding areas
Bird’s-Eye View Maps of the Lackawanna Valley
An index to some bird’s-eye view maps from Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna Valley region and surrounding areas
Tunnel Under Scranton?
On an old map I spotted a former tunnel that I never knew about!
A Path Guide of Mount Desert Island, Maine. 1915
Scan of the full content of the 1915 Path Guide by Waldron Bates, Edward L. Rand and Herbert Jacques
Postcard History: Baoba Swinging Bridge and Shimer’s Rock Cut
Baoba Rock Cut Postcards are curated vignettes of our past, often idealized views of places from a time when it appears people could wander more free...
Clarks Summit’s Forgotten Village
As I do every morning, today I glanced at the local newspaper’s website. Cool, the Sunday local history piece was about ghost towns. It begins: Old-tim...
The Search for Acadia’s “Abandoned” Goat Trail
I have occasionally been asked how I can enjoy returning to the same place, year after year, for vacation. The people who ask me this know I have a more adve...
Escarpment Trail Survey Monument?
A mysterious survey monument on a trail map of the Catskills
The Next Station Will Be … Volume 7
Contents of the book "The Next Station Will Be … Volume 7: Erie: Port Jervis—Susquehanna—Scranton."
The Next Station Will Be … Volume 5
Contents of the book "The Next Station Will Be … Volume 5: New York, Susquehanna, & Western and the Wilkes-Barre & Eastern."