Point State Park
Park at the tip of downtown Pittsburgh where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers form the Ohio River, with a large fountain, the outlines of Fort Pitt and a museum.
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In the photo: Duquesne Incline station, in Pittsburgh
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The city
The second-largest city in Pennsylvania, at the meeting of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, where the Ohio River begins. A former steel capital, it has hundreds of bridges, funiculars that climb Mount Washington to viewpoints over downtown, the Andy Warhol Museum on the North Shore, the Carnegie Museums and the Phipps conservatory in Oakland, and the Heinz History Center in the Strip District.
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The local experience
Park at the tip of downtown Pittsburgh where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers form the Ohio River, with a large fountain, the outlines of Fort Pitt and a museum.
An 1877 funicular that climbs Mount Washington in wooden cars to a viewpoint over downtown, the three rivers and Pittsburgh’s bridges.
A seven-story museum on the North Shore dedicated to Andy Warhol, born in Pittsburgh, with paintings, films, photographs and objects spanning the artist’s career.
Two museums in the same building in Oakland, founded by Andrew Carnegie: one of art, with paintings, architecture, and the Carnegie International exhibition, and another of natural history, with dinosaurs.
A Victorian greenhouse from 1893 in Schenley Park, with rooms of tropical plants, orchids, and seasonal flower displays, plus outdoor gardens.
The largest history museum in Pennsylvania, housed in a former ice warehouse in the Strip District, with exhibitions on western Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh sports, and the children’s program by Fred Rogers.