Sights in Pennsylvania
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Mellon Arena
- Pittsburgh, USA
- Sights › Other
Mellon Arena is where the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins, Stanley Cup finalists in 2008 and winners in 2009, played hockey.
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Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy
For pretty much any outdoor pursuit, the best option is the elaborate, 1700-acre system of the Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, which comprises Schenley Park (with a public swimming pool and golf course), Highland Park (with swimming pool, tennis courts and bicycling track), Riverview Park (sporting ball fields and horseback riding trails) and Frick Park (with hiking trails, clay courts and a bowling green), all with beautiful running, cycling and in-line skating trails.
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Amish Farm & House
The Amish Farm & House is an original farmhouse with a tour that describes Amish culture. You can see why the Amish are so respected for their skill as farmers as you wander amongst the smoke houses and quilting demonstrations. You can even learn how to grow tobacco if you want to.
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Central Market
The bustling Central Market offers local produce, cheese, meats and Amish baked goods and crafts.
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Heritage Center Museum
The Heritage Center Museum has a collection of 18th- and 19th-century paintings and period furniture, and gives an excellent overview of Amish culture.
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30th St Station
Whether you're catching a train or not, be sure to pop your head into this romantic, neoclassical station while you're in the 'hood.
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Boathouse Row
On the east bank, Boathouse Row has Victorian-era rowing-club buildings that lend a lovely old-fashioned flavor to this stretch. Across the park are a number of early American houses that are open to the public.
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Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
Features loads of interactive exhibits, including a chance for kids to get under the hood of real cars and some child-friendly Warhol works.
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Mexican War Streets
Nearby in the northwest is the Mexican War Streets neighborhood, named after battles and soldiers of the 1846 Mexican War. The carefully restored row houses, with Greek Revival doorways and Gothic turrets lining the quiet streets, make for a peaceful, post museum stroll.
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Monongahela & Duquesne Incline
- Pittsburgh, USA
- Sights › Tram
The historic funicular railroads (c 1877) that run up and down Mt Washington's steep slopes afford great city views, especially at night. At the start of the Duquesne Incline is Station Square, a group of beautiful, renovated railway buildings that now comprise what is essentially a big ol' mall. Rising up from the bustling South Side valley is the neighborhood called the South Side Slopes, a fascinating community of houses that seem perilously perched on the edge of cliffs, accessible via steep, winding roads and hundreds of stairs.
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Phipps Conservatory
An impressive steel and glass greenhouse with beautifully designed and curated gardens.
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Point State Park
- Pittsburgh, USA
- Sights › Park
At the triangle's tip is the renovated and beautified waterfront, which is popular during summer with strollers, cyclists, loungers and runners; for a longer run, head to the 11-mile gravel-paved Montour Trail, accessible by crossing the 6th St Bridge and catching the paved path at the Carnegie Science Center. The park's renovated Fort Pitt Museumcommemorates the historic heritage of the French and Indian War.
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Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center
The remodeled brick warehouse offers a good take on the region's past, with exhibits on the French and Indian War, early settlers, immigrants, steel and the glass industry; it's also home to the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, focusing on champs from Pittsburgh. Fun interactive exhibits for kids and adults who refuse to admit their shot at professional sports has passed them by.
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Tour-Ed Mine
- Pittsburgh, USA
- Sights › Mine
To experience something of the claustrophobia and learn about the working lives of coal miners, take this tour 160ft below the earth's surface.
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Other Attractions
Other attractions in this historic park include: Carpenters' Hall, owned by the Carpenter Company, the USA's oldest trade guild (1724), which is the site of the First Continental Congress in 1774; Library Hall, where you'll find a copy of the Declaration of Independence, handwritten in a letter by Thomas Jefferson, plus first editions of Darwin's On the Origin of the Species and Lewis and Clark's field notes; Congress Hall, the meeting place for US Congress when Philly was the nation's capital; and Old City Hall, finished in 1791, which was home to the US Supreme Court until 1800. The Franklin Court complex, a row of restored tenements, pays tribute to Benjamin Franklin…
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Sandcastle Waterpark
For wet fun in the summer visit Sandcastle Waterpark.
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Sturgis Pretzel House
The Sturgis Pretzel Houseis the USA's first pretzel factory.
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Arch Street Meeting House
Arch Street Meeting House is the USA's largest Quaker meeting house.
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Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum
The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, focuses on champs from Pittsburgh.
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Johnson House
Johnson House, is the site of a 1768 station house for the Underground Railroad.
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Adventure Aquarium
Adventure Aquarium, featuring an archway where you can pass under schools of fish.
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Us Mint
US Mint, you can line up for same-day, self-guided tours that last about 45 minutes.
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Christ Church
Christ Church, completed in 1744, is where George Washington and Franklin worshiped.
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Deshler-Morris House
TheDeshler-Morris House, was where President Washington met with his cabinet in 1793.
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