Fort Pitt

The visitor notices that much of the old fort hasn’t been dug up and rediscovered yet, leaving mostly a green parkway at this strategic point that was a vital plot of land to control… MORE

Frick House & Museum

There is a lot to see, inside the gated perimeter. The twenty-three-room, Italianate-style, stone and brick decorative Clayton Mansion, is open for tours with reservations. Their children’s large 2 story “playhouse”, now the museum gift shop and visitor’s center, The Frick Art Museum, and the Car and Carriage Museum are located in the middle… MORE

Pittsburgh National Aviary

It has a variety of buildings of various shapes and sizes, as throughout the years new buildings have been added. Some birds, like the condors have an outside space as well. Throughout the Aviary, the birds can fly free in their spaces, and visitors can walk through these same spaces… MORE

Pittsburgh Restland Cemetery

Graves of Revolutionary soldiers, and graves of soldiers/veterans of every war since then, up to the present are found in Restland-Lincoln Memorial Park. There are two sections dedicated to veterans and those who died in the service of their country… MORE

Andrew Bane Memorial Library

The Andrew Bayne Memorial Library is located in a stately 1875 Victorian brick mansion with yellow wooden decor. Tom and I went inside to visit, and look around. The city has done a good job keeping the inside in good shape, though the wooden trim around the windows on the outside need some TLC… MORE

Pittsburgh Theatre

The Point Park University Pittsburgh Playhouse is an interesting, large brick structure, that has a variety of architecture, Greek to modern, representing the various renovations done to the building throughout the years. It is made up of three theatres: The Rauh Theatre, The Rockwell Theater and The Studio Theatre in one of the building’s basements… MORE