Places Opinicus Wants to Go

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

Sections of the iconic limestone columns have been left uncleaned as a reminder of the city's polluted past.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

A private residence adorned with a gorgeous mural dedicated to the buzzing insect.

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

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

Hundreds of protractors affixed to surfaces all over the city.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

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

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

The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.

Despite being stolen multiple times, this civic electrician's street corner Snoopy won't be stopped.

The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.

A giant ball made from pieces of an old Jeep.

This quarter-mile tunnel under the Bluff in Pittsburgh bends at a 45-degree angle.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

Mutant vegetables, transgenic mosquitos, and atomic rodents span the walls of this one-of-a-kind museum.