Pennsylvania

     Hey everybody! The 4th state that I'll be talking about is Pennsylvania. When I was younger, I had lived right outside of Philadelphia, PA in a town called Thornton. So I am very familiar very the area. I will be narrowing this all down to all the fun things to do in Philadelphia, PA.

     Philadelphia is a large city in Pennsylvania filled with a lot of history of the United States as well as modern day things such as great restuarants and fun places to go!

     This popular city is known for a type of food nationwide called a Philly cheesesteak. According to the locals, the top 3 places to get a Philly cheesesteak is at Tony Lukes, Dalessandro's Steaks, and Steve's Prince of Steaks. If you want to try someplace else other than a Philly cheesesteak place, one of my favorite restaurants is the Parc. This is a French restaurant with a wide variety of food at a decent price that over looks a beautiful park in Philadelphia.

     Philadelphia is home to a big part of the United States' past and you can go and observe it yourself. The Liberty Bell and its history attached is in here where you can go take a look. There are tours around the Liberty Bell that you can take that you can learn more about what happened around the area. Throughout Philadelphia, there is also a lot of museums that you can visit.
 



 If you don't want to go to any museums or look around the liberty bell, your best bet would be to tour a lot of the local restaurants as well as other local places. Shofuso Japanese House and Garden is a cool place to go to if you want to take a glimpse at another countries culture and spend some time outside. Love Park is a beautiful park that many people "love" to go to. Also, this town is the home of this years super bowl winner the Philadelphia Eagles. If you like football, the Lincoln Financial Field is where to go if they're playing a home game.

     Pennsylvania is also known to have some places that are "haunted" because of events that have taken place there in the past and the state has a lot of history to it. If you look up Ghost Tours in Philadelphia, you can find multiple tours to go on at night.
     Overall, Philadelphia, PA is a historic state that you can take an up close look at as well as home to well-known restaurants and other places that you can enjoy!

   

   

Kansas

     Hey guys! So today I'm going to talk about the state that I'm currently in, which is Kansas!

I'll be narrowing it down to Topeka, KS. Topeka is the capital of Kansas and is home to Washburn University Ichabods. Coming here for college from a different state, I had to learn what there was in Topeka just like anyone else would do if they weren't familiar with a place!

     If you want to go out to eat, Topeka has a lot of restaurants to choose from. Popular restaurants in Topeka include Burger Stand, Olive Garden, Outback Steakhouse, Longhorn Steakhouse, Lonnie Q's, Blue Moose, and more. My personal favorite restaurant is Blue Moose. Blue Moose is a causal restaurant with a variety of food. Blue Moose is known nation wide for their Mac-n-cheese that you can customize to however you like!

     If you are looking for activities to do in Topeka, is there quite a couple. If you want to go outside and enjoy Kansas's nice spring weather, there are parks throughout the town that have areas where you can play frisbee with some friends. In the heart of Topeka is Topeka's capital building that you can take tours inside and out. Lake Shawnee is a popular area to visit either to just drive through and enjoy the scenery, take a walk along the lake, take pictures at, and more! Also, if you just want to take a drive to the out skirts of Topeka, you can and just listen to music with friends or family and enjoy the country side. 

     If you're looking for a night out, Topeka has bowling that is family friendly as well as multiple places to go mini golf! Topeka is also relatively close to 3 other populated and well-known towns such as Manhattan, Lawrence, and Kansas City that you can take a drive to. 

     Overall, Topeka, KS has a lot of places to go out to eat with a variety of options and has more things to go and do than you would really think!