Atlas Obscura Itineraries

9 Innovative Ways Pittsburgh Re-imagined its Spaces

From a historic 19th-century firehouse that’s now housing a privately owned Roberto Clemente museum, to a family-run distillery located in a historically preserved carriage house and the last remaining vestiges of Pittsburgh's once-thriving steel industry, Pittsburgh has a surprising amount of intriguing re-imagined spaces. A feisty sculptor’s dilapidated rowhouse evolved into a thriving contemporary art museum. A lighthouse, taxidermied bear, and a graveyard are features of four art houses you can now tour. And a husband’s loving promise to build his wife a castle turned into one of Pittsburgh’s most enchanting dining experiences. Use this nine-stop itinerary to explore Pittsburgh beyond what you think you already know about Steel City.