Wilkes-Barre sits in the Wyoming Valley along the Susquehanna River, a former anthracite coal hub whose brick storefronts and hillside neighborhoods still carry that industrial-era character. Visitors settle into local diners and family-run kitchens among the restaurants, then rest up in one of the hotels scattered around downtown and the riverfront. With 70 destinations to explore, it's an easy base for tracing Pennsylvania coal country at your own pace.
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