Ken Knickerbocker

Imagine spending an afternoon racing friends through a 900-foot obstacle course, dancing to a live DJ inside the world's largest bounce house, and diving into a foam party beneath giant octopus tentacles.

Image via Cheltenham Township Historical Commission. The Historic Richard Wall House Museum in Cheltenham Township, built circa 1682, will host the America250 House of Declaration event on July 3, where visitors can hear a public reading of the Declaration of Independence and sign a giant reproduction alongside a George Washington reenactor.

Image via Metrotrails, Facebook. The King George II Inn has stood in Bristol since 1681, making it one of the oldest continuously operating inns in the United States. During the Revolution, Colonel John Cadwalader headquartered nearly 3,000 soldiers here on the eve of Washington's famous Christmas crossing of the Delaware.

Why Philadelphia? When most people picture the American Revolution, they see muskets flashing in Boston, redcoats marching through New York, or Washington's army crossing the Delaware River on that frozen Christmas night.

Emilia Doda wasn't trying to become a watchdog. She was just looking for answers.

The Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope has played an outsized role in American entertainment.

The gas is cheap, the name is new, but almost everything else about Freedom Fuel is a mystery.

New Hope has quietly become one of America's most unlikely magnets for celebrities and billionaires.

Image via USA Today. A Freedom Fuel station in Bristol advertised regular gasoline at $3.47 a gallon before the price climbed to $3.57. Four locations have opened across Bucks County.