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Trundle Manor: House of Oddities

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

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Randyland

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

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Robot Hall of Fame

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

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Canton Avenue

The steepest street in the US - and possibly in the world - makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

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Center for PostNatural History

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

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Monongahela Incline

The country’s oldest funicular railway has been gliding up and down steepest Pittsburgh for nearly a century and a half.

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The Church Brew Works

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

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The Weeping Glass

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

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City Chicken

The Midwestern mock-poultry classic is fading away.

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Super Punch

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Super Punch

An obscure Italian amaro became the pride of Pittsburgh.

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