Start with a sun-splashed college town in the summertime for a background. Warm tones will do. Good, now add some detail -- streets filled with people perusing booths of beautiful creations, musicians jamming away, gleeful children splashed by tipping buckets of water.
7 Wonders of Centre County
In the cult of the blue and white, it is the high temple.
Beaver Stadium, home of the Penn State Nittany Lions football team, can pack more than 107,000 football fans into a cauldron of emotion.For a week at the Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair, humble canvas tents become dream homes.
This wonder has it all: an otherworldly beauty, a history measured not in centuries but in millennia and romantic legends, all of which urge visitors to let loose their imagination.
If ever chased, head to a certain red barn off state Route 45 near Centre Hall.
It's impossible to be cornered there.Nobody gets a bigger bang for their buck than the Central PA 4th Fest organizers.
Without it, the Nittany Lions would be plain old pumas. Dozens of businesses and the area’s hospital would have to look elsewhere for inspiration.
We asked and, boy, did we receive. Our call for readers to select the seven wonders of Centre County prompted a barrage of votes. Some nominated parks, places or people. Others tabbed churches, theaters, mansions and festivals. In a proud moment for sandwich makers everywhere, a baked tuna hoagie earned a nod.




























































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