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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Last Wooden Street in Pennsylvania
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
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Big L.L. Bean Boot
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.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Keeping Tabs Holocaust Sculpture
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
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Duquesne Incline
The other Pittsburgh incline is the Duquesne Incline. Park at the bottom, then ride up and back for $5.00. At the top there is a museum, gift shop, penny press, and observation deck with a fantastic view of the city across the river.
[Chrissie, 08/04/2019]The Incline has been hauling humans up and down Coal Hill -- later named Mount Washington -- since 1877.
Duquesne Incline:- Address:
- 1197 W. Carson St., Pittsburgh, PA
- Directions:
- From PA-837/Lincoln Hwy, just west of the Incline entrance, turn north at the stoplight onto Station Square. This road curves back around, and you'll see a large parking lot on the right. Park, then climb many stairs just to reach the base of the Incline.
- Hours:
- M-Sa 5:30-12:30. Su 7-12:30. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 412-381-1665
- Admission:
- $5 round trip. Cash only.
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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.