An Entire 1850s Mining Village Was Saved By One Sean Connery Movie
Nestled in the hills and dips of eastern Pennsylvania coal country, the Eckley Miner's Village was planned and built in the 1850s to house laborers working in Council Ridge Colliery. The eerily well-preserved coal-mining town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie. By the turn of the... Sign in to see full entry.