HAPPY VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA
Love Eat Travel with Michelle Valentine is a national PBS travel series exploring the food, culture, people, and unforgettable experiences that make destinations worth discovering.
In this captivating episode of Love Eat Travel with Michelle Valentine, Michelle explores the scenic beauty, fascinating history, local flavors, and one-of-a-kind experiences of Happy Valley, Pennsylvania. Along the way, she meets passionate locals who bring the destination’s stories and traditions to life. Michelle visits an Amish farm and discovers the art of cheesemaking in an underground cave, enjoys locally inspired farm-to-table food and drinks, cruises by motorboat through a spectacular underground cavern, encounters wildlife aboard a safari bus, learns the art of fly fishing, explores a historic chapel and mansion, and even joins the dancing at one of the country’s longest-running fairs.
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EPISODE LOCATIONS
Goot Essa
Experience Pennsylvania’s agricultural traditions at Goot Essa, a family-run Amish farm known for its handcrafted cheeses and traditional food-making methods. Michelle Valentine explores the farm’s underground cheese-aging cave and discovers how time-honored techniques, local ingredients and generations of knowledge come together to create distinctive artisan cheeses.
Goot Essa
351 Wise Rd., Howard, Pennsylvania 16841
(814) 383-0180
Pine Grove Hall
Set in the village of Pine Grove Mills, Pine Grove Hall celebrates Central Pennsylvania through locally inspired food, live music and a strong connection to the surrounding agricultural community. Michelle Valentine goes behind the scenes to discover how regional ingredients make their way from nearby farms to the table, then samples dishes showcasing the flavors of Happy Valley.
Pine Grove Hall
101 E. Pine Grove Rd., Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania 16868
(814) 954-5419
Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park
Discover one of Happy Valley’s most extraordinary natural attractions at Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park, home to America’s only all-water cavern and farm-nature-wildlife park. Michelle Valentine travels by boat through the spectacular limestone cavern before heading above ground for a wildlife tour featuring bison, elk and other animals amid the rolling Pennsylvania countryside.
Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park
222 Penns Cave Rd, Centre Hall, Pennsylvania 16828
(814) 364-1664
The Feathered Hook
Surrounded by the streams and scenic landscapes of Central Pennsylvania, The Feathered Hook offers an introduction to one of the region’s favorite outdoor traditions: fly fishing. Michelle Valentine gears up and heads onto the water to learn the basics of casting, choosing flies and reading the stream while experiencing the peaceful beauty that makes Happy Valley a favorite destination for anglers.
The Feathered Hook
516 Main Street, Coburn, Pennsylvania 16832
(814) 349-8757
Columbus Chapel & Boal Mansion Museum
Step into centuries of history at the Columbus Chapel & Boal Mansion Museum in historic Boalsburg. Michelle Valentine explores the remarkable Boal family estate and its collection of art, furnishings and artifacts, including the centuries-old Columbus Chapel and objects connected to the family of Christopher Columbus.
Columbus Chapel & Boal Mansion Museum
163 Boal Estate Drive, Boalsburg, Pennsylvania 16827
(724) 859-5324
Centre County Grange Fair
For more than a century, the Centre County Grange Fair has brought generations together to celebrate agriculture, family and community in Happy Valley. Michelle Valentine joins the festivities at this beloved Pennsylvania tradition, experiencing the fairgrounds, meeting some of the people who keep its history alive and sharing in the fun that has made the Grange Fair a treasured annual gathering.
Centre County Grange Fair
149 Homan Lane, Centre Hall, Pennsylvania 16828
(814) 364-9212
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