Model Railroad Museum The Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania.It is dedicated to the exhibition of model trains and historical railroad paraphernalia. The museum’s main exhibit is a 40′ by 100′ scale model of the railroad lines connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland, accompanied by information on the history […]
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Forbes Field Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to 1971. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city’s National Football League (NFL) franchise. The stadium also served as the home
UNDAUNTED Undaunted: The Forgotten Giants of the Allegheny Observatory: Filmed by Dan Hanley Ph.D., Executive Producer William Peduto, Original Music score, Scott Michael Burns. UNDAUNTED: THE FORGOTTEN GIANTS OF THE ALLEGHENY OBSERVATORY tells the true but largely forgotten story of the scientific pioneers behind early aviation and the founding of astrophysics. Samuel Pierpont Langley, John
Home of Nickelodeon The first motion picture house to open in the U.S. opens in Pittsburgh 1905.
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The Bridges of Pittsburgh play an important role in the city’s transportation system. Without bridges, the Pittsburgh region would be a series of fragmented valleys, hillsides, river plains, and isolated communities. A 2006 study determined that Pittsburgh has 446 bridges, and with its proximity to three major rivers and countless hills and ravines, Pittsburgh is
The 4th River The Fourth River takes its name from a subterranean river beneath Pittsburgh, a city famously sited at the confluence of three rivers: Monongahela, Allegheny, and Ohio. The fourth river, unseen yet indispensable to the city’s riverine ecosystem, is actually an aquifer geologists call the “Wisconsin Glacial Flow”.
Mt. Washington Mt. Washington, located directly to the south of Downtown, boasts a view to beat all views. In fact, it was named one of the top 10 most beautiful views in the country. And getting there is half the fun. Every year nearly one million residents and visitors ride the historic Duquesne or Monongahela
Ferris Wheel A Ferris wheel (also known as an observation wheel or big wheel), named after George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., consists of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, capsules, gondolas, or pods) attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns,
Mr. Yuk First Mr Yuk Sticker – 1971 Mr Yuk was created at the Poison Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh after research indicated that the skull and crossbones previously used to identify poisons had little meaning to children who equate the symbol with exciting things like pirates and adventure.
The First Big Mac First Big Mac – 1967 Created by Jim Delligatti at his Uniontown McDonald’s, the Big Mac debuted and was test marketed in three other Pittsburgh-area McDonald’s restaurants in 1967. By 1968 it was a mainstay on McDonald’s menus throughout the country.