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Thread #142385   Message #3286289
Posted By: Donuel
06-Jan-12 - 08:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: a trip to Pennsylvania
Subject: RE: BS: a trip to Pennsylvania
If you like old mansions and ruins The main house, cascades, and gardens of "Immergrün" of Charles M. Schwab's, founder of Bethlhem steel in Lorett PA is cool. He gave it to the church whcih quickly vandalized a hundred nude statues.

In Gallitzin PA there is a castle that was imported stone by stone from Russia by the dubious Prince Gallitzin.

There are many profane sounding town names in PA with West Virginia like hollows that won't appear on most maps. I don't know how GPS will handle it nowadays.

The largest and most famous collection of post modern imppresionist Art has recently been stolen by billionaires in a coup along with folks like the Pew foundation and the ex govenor and has been moved to Philadelphia. The original owner put in his will that the collection was never to be moved and every room in the mansion was specifically designed for each painting.

Robt E Lee college, PA Art School , Penn State and many other town and gown communities make interesting lay overs.