Pennsylvania Travel Guide

Leafy Pennsylvania boasts vast forests, pretty parks and glinting lakes, along with thousands of miles of rivers and streams. In the fall, Pennsylvania's forests blaze with autumn colours, and winding roads pass through quaint historic towns and numerous covered bridges. The state is also something of a cultural Mecca, with many world-class museums, and a rich mix of cultural and ethnic communities.

As well as eye-catching countryside, Pennsylvania is steeped in colourful history. It started out as the 'Holy Experiment' of Quaker activist William Penn, Jr. Granted a charter by King Charles II to develop a colony in the New World, Penn selected a lush wooded portion of the countryside, where he vowed to welcome anyone who believed in God. Less than a century later, the country's Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution at Independence Hall in Philadelphia - now one of the largest cities in the USA - and the American nation was born.