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Unusual Attractions in Pittsburgh

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Trundle Manor: House of Oddities

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Weeping Glass

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Randyland

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Monongahela Incline

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Robot Hall of Fame

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Church Brew Works

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Center for PostNatural History

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Canton Avenue

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

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Cool Places to Eat & Drink in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Church Brew Works

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Zenith

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The First Heinz Pickle Charm

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Conflict Kitchen

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

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Stories About Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh has more public staircases than any other American city, a throwback to the Rust Belt town's industrial heyday.

Meet the Woman Who Climbed Every One of Pittsburgh's 739 Public Staircases

To explore her adopted hometown, Laura Zurowski took things step by step on the hilly city's historic routes.

by Rossilynne Skena Culgan

Podcast: Monongahela Incline

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

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A model of Daisy Lampkin's house is the latest addition to the Miniature Railroad & Village at Carnegie Science Center in Pittsburgh.

The Tiny Building That Pays Tribute to a Larger-Than-Life Civil Rights Leader

Daisy Lampkin's brick house is the newest addition to a beloved, shrunken cityscape in Pittsburgh.

by Rossilynne Skena Culgan

February 23, 2021

The mall, located in Frazer Township, Pennsylvania, outside of Pittsburgh.

Sold, for $100: A Massive Shopping Mall Once Valued at $190 Million

The Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills had fallen on hard times.

by Erik Shilling

January 20, 2017

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