Pennsylvania

One of the original 13 colonies to be settled in the United States, Pennsylvania was founded by an English Quaker, William Penn, in the 17th Century: hence the name of the state which literally means Penn’s Woods’. There are certainly woods in Pennsylvania (particularly in the Allegheny National Forest in the north), but also a great deal more besides in this diverse state, which spans more than 300 miles from Delaware Bay to the Great Lakes.