Things to do in Pittsburgh

A revitalizing Rust Belt city anchored by 4,400-acre Mill Creek MetroParks and a growing arts scene.

A historic Ohio River city known for Oglebay Resort, the Capitol Theatre, and a landmark 1849 suspension bridge.

Maryland's largest freshwater lake, ringed by state parks, ski slopes, and mountain resort towns in the Appalachian highlands.

Pennsylvania's second-largest city, anchored by three rivers, a storied steel heritage, and a skyline best seen from Mount Washington.

A Hare Krishna spiritual community in the West Virginia hills, centered on the ornate, gold-leafed Palace of Gold.

A hands-on animal park in western Pennsylvania where visitors feed and pet exotic and farm animals up close.

A working streetcar museum near Pittsburgh where visitors ride vintage trolleys along historic track.

A young, growing botanic garden on a reclaimed coal-mining site west of downtown Pittsburgh.

A western Pennsylvania county on the Ohio border, anchored by New Castle and its river valleys.

A rural western Pennsylvania county known for Grove City's outlet mall and the town of Mercer's historic square.

A Pittsburgh-suburb county with Whiskey Rebellion history, the Meadows Racetrack Casino, and rolling farmland.

A rural Pennsylvania history museum preserving Casselman Valley pioneer life through thousands of artifacts.

Pennsylvania county near Pittsburgh known as the birthplace of the Jeep, with Moraine State Park and small-town charm.

Tourism bureau for five northwest/central Pennsylvania counties known for elk, forests and rivers.

Hop on hop off sightseeing tour of Pittsburgh aboard historic red double decker buses.

Guided tours of a Frank Lloyd Wright designed Usonian home overlooking the Youghiogheny River gorge.

Greene County's tourism office promoting covered bridges, trails and heritage sites in southwestern PA.

The official tourism office for Indiana County, Pennsylvania, home to the Jimmy Stewart Museum and the Hoodlebug Trail.

A five-block former produce terminal in Pittsburgh's Strip District turned market, dining and event space.

Belmont County, Ohio's official tourism office along the Ohio River and West Virginia border.

144-acre interactive animal park off I-79 in Grove City with a walk-through zoo where visitors hand-feed giraffes and llamas, a drive-through safari and a zipline course.

Walk through galleries of painting, sculpture and design, plus a hall filled with full-size plaster casts of historic buildings.

See mounted dinosaur skeletons, minerals and gems, ancient Egypt and Arctic life across 20 galleries.

Step into a 42-story Gothic Revival tower with a vaulted Commons Room and classrooms designed around world cultures.

Look out over the Cheat River canyon from sandstone cliffs, hike more than 50 miles of trails and see an 1830s iron furnace.

Ride an 1877 funicular in original wooden cable cars up Mount Washington to an observation deck over downtown Pittsburgh.

Tour the Frank Lloyd Wright house built partly over a waterfall on Bear Run, then walk the wooded grounds.

Spend a day on classic rides, a storybook walk-through, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and a water park in the Laurel Highlands.

Ride classic wooden roller coasters and modern steel ones at a traditional amusement park on a bluff near Pittsburgh.

Spend a day in a city park with the Good Zoo, an 1846 mansion museum, golf courses, gardens and hiking trails above Wheeling.

Walk through a Victorian glasshouse of palm, orchid and desert rooms set among botanical gardens in Schenley Park.

See African elephants, lions, polar bears, sharks and red pandas at a 77-acre zoo and aquarium in Highland Park.

Watch the Pirates play with the downtown skyline and the Roberto Clemente Bridge rising beyond the outfield.

Explore seven floors of Andy Warhol's paintings, prints, films and archives in his hometown of Pittsburgh.

A Drury hotel at Settlers Ridge with free hot breakfast, an evening Kickback with food and an indoor pool.

A downtown Pittsburgh hotel set inside the former Federal Reserve Bank building on Grant Street.

Walk from this North Shore hotel to PNC Park and Acrisure Stadium, with breakfast included and fire pits on the patio.

A two-level enclosed mall in Robinson Township with Macy's, JCPenney and Dick's Sporting Goods plus a food court.