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Huge spider sits atop a porch roof in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood. What started as a Halloween attraction has turned into a year-round arachnid who often dresses up for the seasons.
[Tyler W., 04/18/2021]Roof Spider:- Address:
- 707 Klemont Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
- Directions:
- From Forest Ave. turn onto Klemont Ave. It's the fourth house past Glarius Ave., on the left.
A dead-end street, only 250 feet long, privately paved in 1914 with 26,000 wooden blocks. Pittsburgh wanted to pave it over with asphalt in 1985, but the people who live on the street convinced the city to restore it instead.
[The Dunlaps, 01/16/2021]Last Wooden Street in Pennsylvania:- Address:
- Roslyn Place, Pittsburgh, PA
- Directions:
- East side of the city in the Shadyside neighborhood. Intersects the north side of Ellsworth Ave. just east of S. Aiken Ave.
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Bayernhof Museum: Music Machines
Amazing museum with a collection of music boxes, other antique automatic music machines, and thousands of other antique and unique items. The tour feels more like an exploration; the building itself boasts 22-rooms, an observatory, secret passages, an Italian wine cellar and cave, and an indoor pool in a room designed to look like you're in the tropics. Each room has so many unique items and features; there's a surprise around every corner. Or behind every bookcase...
[Amanda j, 09/21/2020]Bayernhof Museum: Music Machines:- Address:
- 225 St. Charles Place, Pittsburgh, PA
- Directions:
- Northeast of the city. From Kittanning Pike turn southeast onto Harding Rd/Grove St./Alleyne Drive. Drive a half-mile. Turn right onto St. Charles Place and drive to the gated driveway at the end.
- Hours:
- Tours by appt only. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 412-782-4231
- Admission:
- $10, cash only
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
The L.L. Bean at this Pittsburgh-area mall hosts a ten-or-so-foot-tall boot outside its doors, similar to the footwear giants in Maine and elsewhere. A sign warns, "Do not climb on the boot."
[Andrew McLaughlin, 08/09/2020]Big L.L. Bean Boot:- Address:
- 1000 Ross Park Mall Drive, Pittsburgh, PA
- Directions:
- Ross Park Mall. North side of the city. Drive up the hill to the mall from McKnight Rd and look for the L.L. Bean on the mall's west side. The boot is on the store's northwest corner.
In the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh is this walk-through sculpture, made of 960 glass blocks filled with six million pop tabs, one for every life lost in the Holocaust. The nine-foot-high walls form a fractured Star of David when seen from above. It was a labor of love by a local school and took 18 years to complete.
[Andrew McLaughlin, 07/05/2020]The collecting of the pop tabs began in 1996, and the sculpture was built from 2002 to 2013.
Keeping Tabs Holocaust Sculpture:- Address:
- 6424 Forward Ave., Pittsburgh, PA
- Directions:
- From Forward Ave. turn south into the parking lot just west of Beechwood Blvd at the blue Community Day School sign. You'll see the sculpture on the left.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Multi-millionaire "Chuck" Brown had the house built not all that long ago, from 1976 to 1982, then died at age 62. It took years to catalog everything inside, then Bayernhof opened to visitors in 2004, which had always been Chuck's wish.