One week shy of what would have been his 110th birthday, we headed out to Indiana, PA, to pay tribute to a very special man. This was a man who had worked as a brickworker, road construction worker and magician’s assistant. He plays the according and is an accomplished...

Well, this was a complete bust this year. We had 6 riders lined up. One didn’t show up. Understandable, since it was about 35 degrees and rainy. Most were running late. When we finally met up, it was still misting out. We decided to go for breakfast and discuss...

It’s been a great year. Multiple WLBoTs. A multi-day trip. Bucket list roads. 10,000+ miles in the saddle. Here’s a quick look back.    ...

Late November. A beautiful, warm day. Perfect for a solo ride down to Moundsville to reset. Here’s just a quick rundown of some of the many tawdry and odd things it has to offer.  ...

Our next ghost town…Century III Mall. OK…more of a figurative retail ghost town, but still… When it opened, it was the place to shop in the Pittsburgh area. It was the most popular place for, well, mallrats, too. It was so popular that, according to Evil Twin, there used...

Not far from the Clairton Coke Works, Lincoln Way is the site of an entire abandoned neighborhood.     There are stories all over the internet about this place, and what happened. I’ve seen reports of it from 1973 to the mid-90’s. With varying accounts of what was left...

October, and time for the “World’s Largest Ball of Twine” Tour to be halloweenie. We set out for a ‘ghost town’ right here in the outskirts of Pittsburgh. Where are we going? Ride along and find out.      ...

In Akron, OH, there is a building with one of the largest open indoor spaces in the world. It’s so large, it’s said to form its own weather systems inside. We’re off to the Goodyear Airdock, home to the blimps. 200 feet high. 1000 feet long. No walls or...

Some may not realize it, but the first place anyone ever drilled for oil was right here in western PA. There’s a reason the brand ‘Quaker State’ exists, you know. And, no, it’s not in Oil City. It’s in the small town of Titusville upstream from there that Edwin...

Day 5 Kingsport, TN to Pittsburgh, PA Purple Mongoose and Evil Twin awoke on the final day of the trip to wet bikes. It had rained all night, apparently fairly hard, and the bikes had gotten completely washed. That was kind of a nice touch. The roads were still...