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City Island features a replica trading post he set up to deal with the region’s American Indians – who were ultimately misused and displaced. Give yourself a chance to think a well-forested plot and Harris’s desire to establish a settlement. The John Harris Mansion – The tour is $7.50 so forget it, but take a gander at the home John Harris built in the 1760s, situated at the city’s south end of Front Street.You can’t sensibly walk to it from the Capitol area, though. The park features year-round events, the Civil War Museum – which I had no interest in seeing – and grounds on which to stroll.

Reservoir Park – The 85-acre park is a bit of a hidden gem, including a fine view of the Harrisburg skyline particularly at sunset.If you make it while the legislature is in session, be sure to spy on the state’s General Assembly. The rotunda’s crown jewel is its spectacular, 272-foot high, 52 million-pound dome, modeled after the great dome of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The capitol, circa 1906 and opened by then-President Teddy Roosevelt is noted by the main rotunda. The Capitol – It is the most beautiful building in Harrisburg.Harrisburg Senators Game – You have to make it out to a Senators game – the popular AA affiliate of the Washington Nationals.The waterpark is even more fun – though smaller and longer lines – than its roller coasters and other rides. Hershey may be a 25-minute drive, but it’s good wholesome, family fun. Hershey Park – Look, it’s all southcentral Pennsylvania.Definitely give some time to walking, picnicking, a game of wiffle ball or luxuriating. Designated a city park, the nice stroll – arrived by way of the stately Walnut Street Walking Bridge – includes people watching, batting cages, water miniature golf, the City Island Railroad, minor league soccer and football and, most famously, the AA affiliate of the Washington Nationals (See No. City Island – Perhaps the most distinctive feature of Harrisburg is the small island that sits in the middle of the Susquehanna.The city has done a great job of creating a beautiful tree-laden path, frequented by bikers, joggers and rollerbladers – something from which many cities like Philadelphia could learn. The Susquehanna River – The 422-mile waterway hits its urban peak along Front Street in Harrisburg.Check out their $3.10 morning special with the most delicious hot chocolate I’ve ever had. Oh, and the best breakfast in town comes from the Flamingo Grill on Market east of Third Street. Also, not only do the streets rep Philly, so does the food – Philadelphia Steaks on Fourth Street just south of Locust makes a good hoagie and Sixth Street’s Jackson House – the best burger in the city – comes with South Philly roots.

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Additionally, the Appalachian Brewing Company has all the style, food, drinks and feel of a good Philadelphia microbrewery, stop by for a tour, live music or free pool on Sundays. The Fire House Restaurant – a remodeled form of the Hope Fire Station, the second oldest in the Commonwealth – is delicious and has a cool vibe. My favorite restaurant of all is on Third Street across from the capitol – Sammy’s.

Other restaurants – Second Street isn’t everything, though, so explore elsewhere.

The best pizza in the region comes from Palumbo’s, and give a holler at Chilly Willy’s Ice Cream.

But Ceolta’s, Molly Brannigans, Brick Haus and McGrath’s are fine haunts. Though, its theme has been criticized as unfocused, my favorite bar is Sawyer’s Cantina – sitting outside by gas fires during summer nights. This included a popular boon to its Second Street corridor, with the development of 15 or so good bars and restaurant that offer great night life, particularly on weekends.

Restaurant Row – Center City Harrisburg blossomed, like many cities, in the past decade.

So, here’s my Harrisburg to-do list and how I fared this summer. After visiting the 30th annual Pennsylvania Chili cook off here in Harrisburg who knows when I’ll be back. A buddy and I are packing up my life from a summer-long post-graduate internship covering state government in Pennsylvania’s capitol.