Uncharted Lancaster
Uncharted Lancaster reveals the county’s most fascinating stories—local history with odd twists, forgotten places, and the occasional brush with the supernatural. Each episode explores the hidden histories and long-buried secrets of Lancaster County, where legend, landscape, and local lore collide.
Uncharted Lancaster
Latest Episodes
Columbia Market House Dungeon
In this episode, we explore the Columbia Market House in Columbia, Pennsylvania, a striking 19th-century building that served two radically different purposes at once. Above ground, it was a grand civic marketplace filled with vendors, shoppers...
Rails of the Red Rose: The Conestoga Traction Era
Before highways and car culture reshaped Lancaster County, a web of electric trolleys connected the region in ways that feel almost unimaginable today. In this episode, we trace the rise and fall of the county’s trolley system—from its horse-dr...
The Border War That Shaped Pennsylvania
On a roadside in Washington Borough, marked only by a weathered sign for the 40th parallel, lies the forgotten center of one of colonial America’s most volatile border wars. In this episode, we uncover how a cartographic error, overlapping roya...
The Man Who Buried Conestoga: The Diaries of Andrew J. Zercher
Step into the everyday life of early 20th-century Lancaster County through the diaries of Andrew J. Zercher, a prominent figure in Conestoga, Pennsylvania. In this episode, we explore Zercher’s firsthand accounts from 1903 and 1904, where he do...
How the Conestoga Wagon Put America on the Right Side of the Road
Why does the United Kingdom drive on the left while the United States—and most of the world—drive on the right? The answer might run straight through Lancaster County.In this episode, we explore the global divide in road travel through a...
