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1. Burnside Plantation ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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2. Banana Factory Arts and Education Center ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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3. Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts

Category: Museums & Culture for Couples
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4. Colonial Industrial Quarter

Category: Museums & Culture for Couples
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5. Historic Bethlehem Tours

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6. Hoover Mason Trestle

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7. Lit Roastery and Bakeshop

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8. Moravian Museum of Bethlehem

Category: Museums & Culture for Couples
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9. National Museum of Industrial History

Category: Museums & Culture for Couples
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10. Fegley's Brew Works

Category: Nearby Food & Drink
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11. SteelStacks

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12. Billy's Downtown Diner

Category: Nearby Food & Drink
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13. Wind Creek Bethlehem

Category: Weekend Activities & Fun Outdoors
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14. Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum, Inc.

Category: Kids & Family Fun
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15. Black River Farms

Category: Weekend Activities & Fun Outdoors
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16. Lehigh Millennium Folk Arch and Art Enclave

Category: Museums & Culture for Couples
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17. Captured LV Escape Room

Category: Entertainment Near Me
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18. Freefall Trampoline Park

Category: Weekend Activities & Fun Outdoors
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Summary and Frequenly Asked Questions:

  • Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is a city well known throughout the country for its industrial history.
  • For almost 100 years, the city revolved around the Bethlehem Steel plant, which played an important role in American development and industry.
  • The plant was permanently closed in 1995 and has since been transformed into a cultural center celebrating various art forms.
  • Stay at the Historic Hotel Bethlehem, which has been restored to its original 1922 grandeur and has hosted many celebrity guests and heads of state.

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