Places docchesney Wants to Go

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.

A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.

A comprehensive collection of toy and model trains, largely from the mid-20th century.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A small museum along the Susquehanna River is home to a rich collection of Native American artifacts.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.