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Episode 24 – Staying Adventurous in the Electric City of Scranton

Episode 24 – Staying Adventurous in the Electric City of Scranton

by on August 25, 2017 in Podcast Show Notes

I recently explored the Electric City; Scranton, Pennsylvania. Perhaps most famous in recent times because of the hit TV series “The Office,” the city holds the nickname from its hey day when it operated an electric trolley system in the 1880s. The city and the entire county of Lackawanna was often a “drive-thru” for me […]

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The Magic of Houdini Lives on in Scranton

The Magic of Houdini Lives on in Scranton

by on August 15, 2017 in Destination

Houdini may not have come back from the “other side,” after his mysterious death on Halloween in 1926, but his legacy is alive and well in Scranton at the Houdini Museum, Tour and Magic Show. The attraction first located in New York City, relocated to Scranton in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania twenty-nine years ago when searching […]

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