All Americans - and other nationalities - should visit the historical Woodstock Music Festival Site…read morenear White Lake/Bethel, New York. The history of post WWII America and that of 1960s, which soon followed, is an academic demand for all to understand the political and social movements of the mid-20th century. The Museum at Bethel Woods is impressive and alive. One can actually feel the times via the collections, videos, and the erudite curators that manage this US heritage site. Additionally, do not miss standing on the nearby hillside where a half million of us enjoyed three days of peace and music - and nothing but peace and music. And it was good. Hope more can make the scene and soon... JF of Maryland a Charter Member of Woodstock Nation July 2025

I like to do special places for reviews that end in 50 or 100. The museum is worthy of this review…read more The museum itself is five stars plus, but some of the ways they run it end up taking away three stars.... PROS: The museum itself. It's an amazing place. There are two sets of exhibits. Upstairs, and downstairs. The exhibits tell a wonderful story. There are not a lot of artifacts, but they telll the story through photos, audio, a couple of films, and stories of people who went through the experience. It's a wonderful way of telling the story. We met a docent, who actually attended the festival as a 16 year-old. She lived close by, and her dad actually drove her and her friends to the festival. Well, as close as he could get anyway. Her and her friends had to walk the rest of the way. That's a cool Dad, and she had some great stories After you go through the museum, you can actually go out and overlook the concert site itself. You can just imagine what it must've been like. The price to get into the museum is reasonable, they offer a senior discount, and military/veterans get in for free... CONS: Some of the ways they run the place. While the price to get in is reasonable, don't bother with the gift shop. We saw a T-shirt that had a nice design. However, The T-shirt was thin and the design, you could tell was cheaply made and applied. . They wanted $49 for this T-shirt, and that was after the military/veteran discount. Instead, we went to the Woodstock country store, just outside of the museum grounds, and got much nicer shirts, for quite a bit less money. Another problem is, they don't have an umbrella stand for when it's raining. Some of the floors are stone, and that leaves you with a big slipping hazard. The biggest negative of all is the handicapped accessibility. First of all, there is a circle driveway that you drive into to drop people off. There is handicapped parking as part of this circle driveway. I asked the lady at the box office if we were allowed to use this with our placard, and she said no. I had to grab a wheelchair, go get my partner, wheel her back to the lobby, and then have her wait while I went across the street to park. It turns out we could've parked in that handicapped space after all. She was mistaken. Some of the other ways that the place is not handicapped friendly is first of all, there is no automatic door opener for the handicapped. If you're pushing somebody in a wheelchair, (fortunately, they do offer them for free, ) you have to hope that somebody is nearby to hold the door for you while you push the wheelchair through. The Area outside the entrance to the museum, as well as some of the floors on the inside, are uneven stone. Again, hard to push a wheelchair. Finally, some of the door thresholds, even the one to get into the handicapped bathroom, (which fortunately has a chair for the attendant to sit), are high. It is very hard to push a wheelchair over those thresholds. It's a wonderful museum, it's too bad. It's a bit more challenging for people with disabilities. Somebody needs to do something about it.

Terrible communication, never received something that was paid for and confirmed. Was refunded…read more(finally), but extremely inconvenienced. Definitely wouldn't recommended.

Check out the Cabin Fever 2014!…read more We the ad on TV and we drove 2 hrs to see the ice sculptors and the Museum. Interesting place! We were not disappointed in the day2/9/14.

I cannot express enough how much I loved this museum! We spent about an hour inside looking at the…read moreexhibits and reading the booklet of information about most pieces. They truly have a gorgeous collect! AND they have beautiful grounds to walk around and enjoy a peaceful lake.

Took a wonderful three hour hike through the wildlife sanctuary that is part of the 600 acre…read moreestate. The museum apparently operates part time given the limited resources of the not-for-profit and the volunteer staff. There is ample parking, a pair of clean bio-safe restrooms, and some seating next to the lake. The museum itself was closed so we could only look through the huge display window at some of the glass pieces. The hike took us past the amphitheater where there is a large cement platform/stage for the performers. The hillside above the stage is cut back (carved into the hill) to provide "stadium" seating. We were told there is an annual concert/ fund raiser. Looks like a fantastic spot fir a concert! Our group then spent the next three hours on several of the properties' trails, winding through old growth forest, pine stands, and fern covered hills.

Couldn't more highly recommend getting to this important curation of Honesdale history. You will…read moreappreciate why Honesdale is called historic after spending a little time here. A tale of shifting dynamics, world events, maturing an idea, growing a new industry and new economies, thinking big, the power of hype, disruption, and new markets. Honesdale all makes sense now.

The Wayne County Historical Society is a historic preservation society and museum that opened in…read moreHonesdale, Pennsylvania in 1939. The society was organized in 1917 and incorporated in 1922. The main building of the museum is a circa 1860 structure that originally housed the offices of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company. The society also maintains other historic landmarks in and around Honesdale, including the D&H Canal Park, the Torrey Building, the Bethel School, and the Old Stone Jail. My family and I recently visited the Wayne County Historical Society while we were spending a long weekend in the Poconos. Honesdale is rich in railroad history, and anyone visiting the museum will find that out right away. There are a lot of artifacts associated with the Delaware & Hudson Canal, and its subsidiary the Delaware & Hudson Gravity Railroad, which transported anthracite coal from northeastern Pennsylvania to the Hudson River from 1828-1899. The icing on the cake was a full-size replica of the "Stourbridge Lion": an early steam locomotive that was purchased by the company in England and then shipped to Honesdale to be tested on their newly built railway track. It was the first locomotive to be operated in the United States. Its name comes from the lion's face painted on the front, and the fact that it was manufactured in Stourbridge, England. Other exhibits concern the history of Native Americans in the region, Wayne County's cut glass industry, Early Bands in the area, artifacts from the local Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, and a small Children's Museum. Before leaving, we purchased a children's book about the Stourbridge Lion in the gift shop. We had a fun visit to the museum and recommend it to visitors to Honesdale.

After more than 20 years of successful shows in the Netherlands, Mysteryland hopped across the pond…read moreand done did their first US festival on the iconic Woodstock '69 grounds. Needless to say, we purchased 3-day camping tickets back in December the first three minutes they went on sale, and all had a killer weekend! The inaugural Mysteryland USA festival featured ten combined stages/areas stages with a Sunday School 3-stage mini-fest going on all weekend. A Friday night pre-party hosted by Nicky Romero was available to those with Nomad weekend camping passes, and Saturday/Sunday set times ran from 1pm all the way till 2am both days. Steve Aoki closed out the main stage on Saturday and Kaskade did the honors on Sunday, but from open to close, our day was jam-packed with killer sets both days, and plenty of exploring and dancing all around. A+ on stage design, sound, lighting, and of course, the talent! The healing garden, complete with yoga and other cool stuff added some well-needed relaxation/rejuvenation to an otherwise high-energy weekend, and there were plenty of (albeit REALLY pricey) food options. Best of all, the campgrounds provided solace just a short walk away from the party! I'm grading on a curve since this is their first time here in the states, but there's a short list for improvement: 1 - Birdie Bucks - Yes, the festival was cashless, with all purchases scanned from your wristband, but you could only purchase "Birdie Bucks" at select locations, and at the "exchange rate" of $10 USD for 9 Birdie Bucks. They claim to refund unused bucks after the festival, but then deduct a $5 service charge, so unless you want to lose money, you need to be planning & doing math so as to use all your wristband funds...and who the hell wants to do that at a festival?! Compound that with the fact that the entire system went down for a few hours, paralyzing all purchases, and you've got reason to reconsider the rationale for the system. ...Fortunately, I found a workaround to the leftover Bucks situation - Go to the merch shop (which accepts BOTH cash and Birdie Bucks), make a purchase, deplete your wristband balance first, then pay the balance in cash. 2 - Water refill stations - located dangerously close (read: inside) the outhouse area causing even more congestion, with not nearly enough pressure to fill up those camelbaks. Here's where they could take a page from Electric Zoo or EDC and have dedicated high-pressure water refill stations manned by volunteers to keep the line moving and the crowd spread out. All in all, in my mind, ID&T, the Mysteryland organizers did a terrific job their first year, and I hope that the Bethel Woods organizers feel the same so we can party on again next Memorial Day weekend!

Do I really want to reveal the mystery that is Mysteryland? As much as I want to keep this place a…read moresecret, hidden away for no one else to discover, I have to shout from the rooftops just how amazing this festival is. 1) The Logistics - Getting in, out, and around is EASY! Having been to many other festivals where just parking your car is a nightmare, Mysteryland had it all figured out. The little roads around the fest took a beating with heavy traffic but it was nothing like Woodstock back in the day I'm sure. The bathrooms were kept extremely clean at all times. I never had issues with toilet paper or disgusting porta-potties. 2) The People - Everyone was so nice and respectful. The staff were always wishing for us to have an amazing time. I loved the vibes here! 4) The Music - A nice selection of genres from hip top and trap to dark techno and everything in between. The sound was amazing! 5) The Stages - They were so perfectly placed. It was easy to go from stage to stage in 5 minutes. I saw so many artists in one day, I was so surprised! The design of the stages is so unique and each has their own vibe. With a festival that is not sold out like Mysteryland, getting to the front of each stage is an easy task. Where you would expect people to be sardines rammed up against the rail, it is the complete opposite. I vowed to never go front row at a show again after recieving many bruises after Steve Aoki in Toronto. Well here I was, front row at Claude Von Stroke and I had a good foot around me to dance and enjoy myself. I was never shoved or pushed once the entire weekend. 6) The Camping - Camp sites were huge and spacious. The Plaza Central with shops, food, and activities stayed open 24/7 which was a big plus. The general store had everything from underwear to extra tents and sleeping bags. 7) The History - This is where WOODSTOCK HAPPENED!! That is probably the most amazing thing about all of this. The hill we climb each day to go to the festival is where thousands of people stood to watch some of the greatest acts to ever live. The museum on site is very well done and can bring a tear to your eye. So much emotion in one place. Music really does bring everyone together. I'll be back Mysteryland! As long as you are around, I will be coming to visit!!

We actually visited Steamtown National Historic Site during a government shutdown. That's probably…read morepart of what ended up making the stop feel so memorable. Because it was officially closed, there were very few people visiting and there was plenty of parking, so that definitely added to my personal enjoyment of the experience. We were able to walk around and enjoy the incredible collection of locomotives and historic rail yard but the star of the collection is the "Big Boy" locomotive. It's one of the largest and most powerful steam engines ever built. It's huge. It was cool to see the massive wheels and be able to read and learn about this amazing machine. This is the second "Big Boy" I have seen and the first was surrounded by a fence, so being able to get up close and personal with this one was exciting. While checking out the trains, a local gentleman who was walking his dog struck up a conversation with us and was very chatty and friendly. He offered suggestions for other places to visit in the area and gave us some great info. Our dogs also enjoyed getting to know each other. It would have been nice if the building had been open and we could have gone inside and learned more, but I'm glad for the private time that I had to enjoy the site and reflect on the beauty of the machines. We probably spent almost an hour walking around the yard with our dog and soaking it all in. You could spend quite a while here even without tours or ticketed exhibits and if you do come, the trolley ride in the area is a must, but that is for a different review...

What a great site for train lovers! There are a lot of different ways to appreciate them here:…read moreenjoy a film about life working on a train, explore the exhibits ranging from history to people to technology, and, of course, look at a lot of trains in the giant roundhouse! A lot of the exhibits have interactive aspects which made it, quite literally, a hands-on experience. They offer a short out-and-back train ride on some days, so be sure to check the schedule if that's something that is of interest to you. The rangers were great - very friendly and helpful. We also enjoyed the talk provided during the train ride. There is a gift shop onsite, restrooms are clean, and a nice large shared parking lot with an adjacent picnic area is available.

This is a great story to go and check out look around have coffee have a little snack and just…read moreenjoying the decorations and feeling like you're interested Safari Harding store at the same time

Cool place, overpriced oddities, barely any parking, still fun to go look around, I bought a couple…read moretee shirts just because I'm not from the area and wanted a souvenir, but expect tourist prices for things. The range of their menu wasn't that big, a few things but none of them sounded appetizing, so just went to buy some things from the store, they do have a tattoo place in the back, had no idea that was there, as there were no signs in plain sight about it. Overall a cute place for people who like dark macabre things, but not worth it if you're traveling for just this place.

Coming from afar? Call ahead! I visited and they unexpectedly opened up a bit later than posted…read morehours but I think alien activity in the vicinity has spiked in recent weeks so the staff may have been abducted in the morning hours and returned to their homes late in effect making them late for work. Staff abduction aside, the staff were absolutely AMAZING! No humans are that nice so their morning alien abductors may have performed some type of lobotomization making them super nice as representatives of the alien coalition. The place is small but if you truly take in all that it has to offer you can spend about a solid hour in here looking at the different displays they offer. I won't say exactly what they have as to leave some mystery to your visit but it's certainly an interesting museum for sure. I love the paranormal stuff so "aliens" aren't completely off the table for me in terms of curiosity. I wish I had known this place existed because I would have visited a long time ago. The museum is I'd say 75% alien themed and 25% paranormal. It's certainly geared more toward the UFO theme but still interesting nonetheless. In my opinion if you are making your way north for a getaway and can make it here in 30 mins or less, off your main planned route, I encourage a visit cause it's worth it if you want to add an extra activity to your travel itinerary. If this location brings you more than 30 mins from your route, unless you are seriously into aliens and UFOs I wouldn't go out of my way to visit. With that said, it really was a cool experience and the staff made it worth the price of admission with their kindness and knowledge.

Really fun little trip for the whole family. The people running it are awesome and make the…read moreexperience.

Ended up here randomly on Indigenous People's day and we had such a good time…read more It is kind of pricey in my opinion but there is a lot of ground to cover and they have so many animals. They accept cards too! Lots of parking across the street. I'm not a huge fan of zoos but if you're into it this is def a spot worth checking out. We saw lions, tigers, bears, all types of deer, and more. They also had museums which had pretty cool stuff. There is space inside to have lunch and there is also tables outside you can snack at. They have playgrounds for the kids too.

You could easily spend the whole day here. I'm just concerned about the animals I didn't see any…read morezookeepers in site and you can get pretty close

She is very knowledgeable about harry houdini. I don't want to crap on her, she seems to have…read moreenough challenges already. However this event should have been more in the $6 range. Pro tip: don't sit down, you'll thank me later.

Run! Don't walk! Be prepared to laugh your head off. Dorothy is FANTASTIC. So much rich history &…read moreso much fun to be had. She is amazing with kids as well. Truly, so funny. Also, yes it's long. Which is a DELIGHT. It's so kind of Dorothy. Be prepared for 3.5 hours or so; she has so much to cover! I think she's probably only scratching the surface.