Family Profile:

Meet Jackie Maxie and LaVette Paige, two gospel singing sisters from Harrisburg. These ladies love to perform and enjoy seeking out new opportunities for adventure and travel.

LaVette is a retired research analyst and part-time pastor at her family’s church. Jackie works for the Pennsylvania State Police and sings in the church choir. With their full schedules and busy lives a getaway to the country is just what they need. Come along on their weekend tour of Crawford County in Northwestern PA. Shop the Meadville Market House, discover the county’s rich oil heritage at the Drake Well Museum, go trail blazing at Pymatuning State Park, find out how a stereoscope works, plus much more!

Meet Host Kathryn Bezella

Johnson-Shaw Stereoscopic Museum Meadville ’s Keystone View Co. was the largest producer of stereoscopic images in the US from 1892 to 1976.

Juel Design Studio
Visit the studio of this internationally known architect and sculptor.

Meadville Market House
Renovated in 1970, the Market House serves not only its original purpose as a city market but also as a meeting place for people from all walks of life and as a one of the major conerstones of downtown Meadville. It’s the oldest continuously operating market in the state

The John Brown Farm, Tannery & Museum
Visit the farm of the great abolitionist John Brown which played a strategic role in the Underground Railroad.

Baldwin Reynolds House Museum
Step into Crawford County History. Once the home of a U.S. Supreme Court Justice and two mayors of Meadville , this gracious, four-story home is now open to the public as a historic house museum. Furnishings original to the house are complemented by those from other area families of the time. Through exhibits, programs, publications, and special events, the Crawford County Historical Society offers visitors the opportunity to "be there"...to experience something of social and domestic life of county residents at the turn of the twentieth century.

The Knapp Farm
Clay pigeon shooting The farm is a registered PA century farm, dating back to 1813. The hosts are the sixth generation living on and working the land. While visiting, you can hope to see several hundred beef cattle, working Australian Blue Heeler Cattle dogs, Texas longhorn cattle, and the general workings of a large family farm operation--every day has a different routine.

Pymatuning State Park
Snowmobiling at the park

Drake Well Museum
Birthplace of the oil industry in 1859 Visit the museum and discover just how many everyday items are created using oil products.