Just two-and-a-half hours northeast of Baltimore, Pennsylvania’s “Genius Belt”—a nickname dubbed by author James Michener—still casts its creative spell.
Throughout its 43-year lifetime, the Mt. Vernon club was known as a welcoming drag and karaoke spot, a place to come together during the AIDS crisis, and a site to celebrate the advances in gay rights.
At the Mt. Vernon shop, owner Quincy Goldsmith encourages visitors to plant themselves at the bar, learn about the greenery for sale, and linger for some good old-fashioned conversation.
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