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The Best Attractions In Nicholson

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Tunkhannock Bridge

Ricketts Glen State Park

Knoebels Amusement Resort

Bushkill Falls

Corning Museum of Glass

Taughannock Falls State Park

Greek Peak Mountain Resort

Nicholson is a borough in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 767 at the 2010 census.
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The Best Attractions In Nicholson

1. Tunkhannock Bridge Nicholson
Tunkhannock Creek Viaduct is a concrete deck arch bridge on the Norfolk Southern Railway Sunbury Line and on the Nicholson Cutoff rail segment of the Sunbury Line that spans Tunkhannock Creek in Nicholson, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Measuring 2,375 feet long and towering 240 feet when measured from the creek bed , it was the largest concrete structure in the world when completed in 1915 and still merited the title of largest concrete bridge in America, if not the world 50 years later.Built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad , the bridge is owned today by Norfolk Southern Railway and is used daily for regular through freight service.The DL&W built the viaduct as part of its 39.6-mile Nicholson Cutoff, which replaced a winding and hilly section of the route between Scr...
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2. Greek Peak Mountain Resort Virgil
Greek Peak Mountain Resort is a ski resort, with a vertical drop of 952 feet , located near Cortland, New York. Greek Peak offers day and night skiing 7 days a week from late December until mid March. This mountain features 55 trails with varied terrain. It also has 6 lifts, 2 magic carpet lifts, and a tubing center with a tubing handle tow. A cross country Nordic center featuring 10 trails is also available. A terrain park with various elements is also located on the mountain along with the Progression Park, which is more suited for people just starting out in the parks. Greek Peak also offers lessons for all ages and every level of skier or boarder. They have babysitting available for non-skiing infants and toddlers as well. Greek Peak is also the home of the ski team Greek Peak Ski Club...
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3. Corning Museum of Glass Corning
Corning Incorporated is an American multinational technology company that specializes in specialty glass, ceramics, and related materials and technologies including advanced optics, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known as Corning Glass Works until 1989, when it changed its name to Corning Incorporated. In 1998, Corning divested itself of its consumer lines by selling the Corning Consumer Products Company subsidiary to Borden, but still holds an interest of about 8 percent. As of 2014, Corning had five major business sectors: display technologies, environmental technologies, life sciences, optical communications, and specialty materials. Corning is involved in two joint ventures: Dow Corning and Pittsburgh Corning. Quest Diagnostics and Covance were sp...
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4. Knoebels Amusement Resort Elysburg
Knoebels Amusement Resort is a family-owned and operated amusement park, picnic grove, and campground in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. It is and has been America's largest free-admission park for 91 years of operation. Opened in 1926, the park has more than 60 rides, three wooden roller coasters, one steel roller coaster, a 1913 carousel, and a haunted house dark ride. The park and its rides have won awards from organizations such as Amusement Today, American Coaster Enthusiasts, and the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions. In 2014, Travel Channel rated Knoebels one of their Top 10 Family Friendly Amusement Parks in the United States. America's Number One Amusement Park The amusement park is owned and operated by the Knoebel family, who also operate a lumber yard next to...
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5. Taughannock Falls State Park Trumansburg
Taughannock Falls State Park is a 750-acre state park located in the Town of Ulysses in Tompkins County, New York in the United States. The park is northwest of Ithaca near Trumansburg. The park's namesake, Taughannock Falls, is a 215-foot plunge waterfall that is the highest single-drop waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains.
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6. Bushkill Falls Bushkill
Bushkill Falls is a series of eight privately owned waterfalls, the tallest of which cascades over 100 feet , located in Northeast Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains in the United States. Beginning at the headwaters of the Little Bushkill Creek, the water descends the mountain, toward the Delaware River, forming Bushkill Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, Bridesmaid Falls, Laurel Glen Falls, Pennell Falls, and three additional, unnamed falls.Bushkill Falls is a popular spot for hiking and birdwatching. The area features a variety of trails and bridges that vary in length and difficulty.
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7. Ricketts Glen State Park Benton Pennsylvania
Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,050 acres in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen is a National Natural Landmark known for its old-growth forest and 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek, which flows down the Allegheny Front escarpment from the Allegheny Plateau to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. The park is near the borough of Benton on Pennsylvania Route 118 and Pennsylvania Route 487, and is in five townships: Sugarloaf in Columbia County, Fairmount and Ross in Luzerne County, and Colley and Davidson in Sullivan County. Ricketts Glen's land was once home to Native Americans. From 1822 to 1827, a turnpike was built along the course of PA 487 in what is now the park, where two squatters harvested cher...
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Nicholson Videos

Scranton, Pa Downtown (Video #8 of 8 2017-2018)

A video/photo tour of parts of a city rich in a blend of historic and modern architecture. This is the final video covering the downtown area. The first video was titled 'Scranton, Pa - Lackawanna Avenue'

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JosephA (Flickr.com) ..

Jim Cheney Facebook ..

Mark Hellekjaer (Flickr.com) .

Edward Horn (Photo.net) ..

Special Mention: Carol M. Highsmith - website .... Library of Congress ..

John von Kerczek (Flickr.com) ..

Doug Kerr (Flickr.com) .

Andy Palumbo blog ..

'YouTuber' (Flickr.com) ..

Lackawanna Historical Society

Scranton Tomorrow.org ..

Historic Scranton ..

Hilton Scranton video review

Review of the Hilton Hotel in Scranton, Pennsylvania. See the full review at

Recognize These TV and Movie Homes? - Manhattan, New York City, New York

A lot of TV show and movie characters live in New York. Do you recognize any of these TV and movie homes?

The Photos (in order)

1) Diff'rent Strokes - Phillip Drummond opened his home in 900 Park Ave to brothers Arnold and Willis Jackson

2) Friends - Monica, Rachel, Joey and Chandler lived in this building at 90 Bedford St

3) Mad About You - The Buckmans lived here at 51 5th Ave

4) Sex and the City - Carrie Bradshaw lived in this 66 Perry Street residence

5) The Cosby Show - This house at 10 St Luke's Place served as the exterior of the Huxtable home

6) The Jeffersons - George and Louise Jefferson moved on up to this eastside tower at 185th E 85th St

7) The Odd Couple - Felix Unger and Oscar Madison shared an apartment at 1049 Park Ave

8) As Good As It Gets - Jack Nicholson's character Melvin Udall lived here at 31-33 W 12th St

Live Travelling with Bruce Should Bruce Do A Meet and Greet Cruise? Plus Trivia!

Live Travelling with Bruce Should Bruce Do A Meet and Greet Cruise? Plus Trivia! Should Bruce put a Meet and Greet cruise together? If so when and where? Which cruise line should we take? Will we get enough folks to go on the cruise and can we get along?
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Tell me the 25 most powerful economic activity cities in the world?
Finally name the number 1 Box Office stars from 1932 to 2013. PS...we love Tom Hanks...

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Puša Live Steam #003: Saturday night party!!!!!!!!!! Lets chat!

Saturday Night Party Live with Puša Studios! Bring the questions and hopefully, we bring the answers! Looking for some new blood to join us on the panel!
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'Gotta Swim...Swim For Life...The Water---Jeah!

I love the water! I love swimming! It's a sport as well as an art! Jeah! Many of the countries I've visited were surrounded, or at least part of the country is surrounded by water, of course, except the inlands. Water is envigorating!

These photos are some shots from the selected 24 countries I've been including Canada, Thailand, China, Netherlands, Egypt, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Peru, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, Nepal, Israel, Mongolia and, of course, the United States of America. My future destination countries are: Brazil (Nov. 2011), Bermuda (Dec. 2011), Jamaica (April 2012), Sri Lanka-India-Indonesia-Malaysia (Summer 2012). I've will to go to Tanzania, Kenya and Madagascar in the summer of 2013. In Summer 2014, I will go to London, United Kingdom to see the 2014 Summer Olympics. The Pacific and the European countries are far future.

Locally, in the US, I've been to 32 states (out of 50), including:

1. Washington Apr 2005
2. Oregon Apr 2005
3. Idaho Oct 2005
4. Montana Oct 2005
5. Nevada
6. California
7. Utah Dec 2005
8. Wyoming Oct 2005
9. Arizona Dec 2006
10. Colorado Oct 2006
11. South Dakota Nov 2008
12. Nebraska Nov 2008
13. Illinois July 2006
14. Kentucky July 2006
15. Tennessee July 2006
16. Florida Aug 2007
17. North Carolina Aug 2008
18. Virginia and DC July 2006
19. Maryland Aug 2008
20. New York April 2003
21. New Jersey April 2003
22. Delaware Aug 2008
23. Rhode Island April 2009
24. Connecticut April 2009
25. Vermont April 2003
26. New Hampshire April 2009
27. Maine April 2009
28. Massachusetts April 2003
29. Pennsylvania April 2003
30. Alaska April 2007
31. Hawaii June 16 to 25, 2009
32. Georgia Jan 2011

Other states I would like see are Michigan, Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
In the United States, I've been to 48 national parks and national monuments / memorials, they were:

1. Yosemite np
2. Joshua tree np
3. Lassen volcanic np
4. Grand canyon np
5. Yellowstone np
6. Arches np
7. Dry tortugas np
8. Everglades np
9. Biscayne np
10. Smokey mountain np
11. Kings canyon np
12. Black canyon of the gunnison np
13. Everglades np
14. Zion np
15. Bryce canyon np
16. Hawaii volcanoes np
17. Haleakala np
18. Gates of the arctic np
19. Denali np
20. Kenai fjords np
21. Colorado nm
22. Pinnacles nm
23. Wright's brothers memorial
24. Arizona / Pearl harbor memorial
25. Windcave np
26. Badlands np
27. Acadia np
28. Lincoln memorial
29. Death Valley Np
30. Joshua Tree NP
31. Mojave Desert
32.Golden Gate National Recreation Area
33. Presidio of SF
34. Sequoia NP
35. Canyonlands NP
36. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area AR UT
37. Lake Mead National Recreation Area
38. Mount Rushmore NM
39. WindCave np
40. Cape Canaveral National Seashore
41. Cape Hatteras National Seashore
42. Cape Lookout National Seashore
43. Chesapeake bay Gateway Network
44.National Park of the New York Harbor
45.Niagara Falls National Heritage Area
46. Statue of Liberty National Monument
47. Appalachian Natioanal Scenic Trails
48. World War 2 valor in the pacific national monument

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