Every three years, Erie hosts a Tall Ships festival and it is something to SEE! The big rubber duck is here and the baby duck, too, as well as seven majestic tall ships from all over the US and Canada. You can find all the info you need at this Insider’s Guide to the festival […]

I am excited to announce that Tour Erie’s Eerie Stories, Legends, and Lore tour will start on October 4 and run every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evening at 5:30 p.m. through the end of October. The last week of October, we’ll offer a special Monday and Wednesday night tour as it’s Halloween week! Tours will […]

Lake Erie is the smallest, shallowest, and warmest of the Great Lakes. It also has the most shipwrecks and sinkings. In fact, it has recorded more sinkings than the Bermuda triangle. This is why Erie, an important shipping port in the early 1800s, is home to three lighthouses – the Presque Isle Lighthouse and the […]

The Hagen History Center’s “Story of Us” exhibit is the story of Erie, Pa., and how the city came to be. The 3,000-square-foot exhibit is located on the second floor of the Carriage House and tells the entire story of the settlement and great industrial growth of Erie and the county from its indigenous people […]