Hearts in the Highlands

By Lee Stout It has frequently been said that the fraternity houses are the original mansions of State College.  In the past, fraternity fortunes rose and fell, both with the popularity of Greek life among students along with the social … Continued

by Gary Miller When my wife, Karen, and I were first married in 1972, we rented an apartment on East Hamilton Avenue in the Highlands. It was a small apartment house, with two apartments on the first floor, another two … Continued

by Louise Ulinski (as told to Anne Cornell) In April of 1955, Louise Ulinski, a 25-year-old mom with a toddler and a baby on the way, moved with her family into a new three-bedroom, one-story, brick home on the corner … Continued

by Susan Rogers My father’s yard embarrassed me. The yard of my childhood was a patchy bit of grass, in the back and in the front—we had a corner lot—and loaded with weeds. Overburdened with teaching writing at Penn State … Continued

by Nikki Crowley In the early spring of 2015, our soon-to-be family of three accepted jobs at Penn State University, and planned our move up from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. We had a single whirlwind weekend to search for our … Continued

by John and Sandra Wyngaard We are lucky enough to own a gem of a house in the Highlands that is filled with history. It is built of stone mined from local quarries and trussed with hand-hewn timbers reclaimed from … Continued

by Sharon Rovansek There is a little eatery in State College where the meals are as varied as the diners who eat them. Beef bourguignon with cauliflower florets, salmon with herb butter sauce, and brown sugar glazed meatloaf with mashed potatoes … Continued