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A friend and I are road tripping it from Detroit to Philadelphia to visit a friend who just started grad school there, and we are looking for ideas for places to stop en route. We only have five days total, and are planning on spending three of those days in Philly. Does anybody have any ideas of places to stop that are either on the way or only slightly out of the way? Right now the only thing we can think of is Niagra Falls! Thanks!
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Will you be coming on the Pennsylvania Turnpike via Pittsburgh? If you do, you've got about a ten hour drive into Philadelphia to begin with (and the same back, I'm assuming, so that really takes two of your days.) You could stop in Pittsburgh, and then again in Harrisburg or Lancaster, to break up the drive. Coming via Niagara seems as if it may be longer? I've never driven it, so can't give first-hand info I'm afraid, but at least this will raise your question up again.
What are you interests and when will you be going? If you're planning to go in October or November, that can help eliminate suggestions to stop in Cleveland or Pittsburgh for a baseball game or for great beaches.
In Cleveland, there's the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The city also has a good art museum. Part of the museum was closed for expansion, but may have reopened, check www.clemusart.com. It's located on University Circle with the botanical gardens, museum of natural history and Case Western Reserve University.
There's the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and Pittsburgh has the Andy Warhol Museum. You could go to State College, PA and catch a Penn State football game or see the Capitol in Harrisburgh.
I agree that Niagara Falls is pretty far off the path between Detroit and Philly. Also remember that if you cross the border, you'll need passports to return to the US.