#1 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium Pittsburgh PA ~4.53 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium The Pittsburgh Zoo is one of only six major zoo and aquarium combinations in the United States. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Highland Park, the zoo sits on 77 acres (310,000 m2) of park land where it exhibits over 4,000 animals representing 475 species, over 70 of which are threatened or endangered. The zoo also participates in 64 Species Survival Plans. | #2 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Pittsburgh Zoo 1 Wild Pl Pittsburgh PA ~4.60 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Pittsburgh Zoo The Pittsburgh Zoo is one of only six major zoo and aquarium combinations in the United States. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Highland Park, the zoo sits on 77 acres (310,000 m2) of park land where it exhibits over 4,000 animals representing 475 species, over 70 of which are threatened or endangered. The zoo also participates in 64 Species Survival Plans. | #3 of 30 Things To Do in Verona National Museum Broadcasting 407 Woodside Rd Pittsburgh PA - 412-241-4508 ~4.95 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to National Museum Broadcasting Of all of the technological innovations and industries to come out of western Pennsylvania, often overlooked is the one that has had a daily influence on the lives of people worldwide for most of the past century: the broadcasting industry.Conceived, born and raised here at a time when Pittsburgh was known more as the "Smoky City," broadcasting is today a 53+ billion dollar-per-year industry that is the world’s primary source of news and entertainment.Although Pittsburgh is not generally regarded as the "broadcasting capital of the world," the National Museum of Broadcasting described in this proposal should help to change that perception.Most Pittsburghers know something about KDKA and its first radio broadcast in 1920, an achievement certainly worthy of a place in a broadcast... | #4 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Highland Park Care Center 745 N Highland Ave Pittsburgh PA - 412-362-6622 ~4.98 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Highland Park Care Center
| #5 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Clayton Pittsburgh PA ~5.16 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Clayton
| #6 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Frick Art Historical Center 7227 Reynolds St Pittsburgh PA - 412-371-0600 ~5.22 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Frick Art Historical Center The Frick Art & Historical Center is a cluster of museums and historical buildings located at 7227 Reynolds Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States and collectively known as "Clayton". It focuses on the interpretation of the life and times of Henry Clay Frick (1849–1919), industrialist and art collector.The complex, located on 5 acres (20,000 m2) of lawn and gardens in the city's Point Breeze neighborhood, includes Clayton, the restored Frick mansion; The Frick Art Museum; The Car and Carriage Museum; the Greenhouse; the Frick children's playhouse; and The Café. Clayton alone welcomes over 100,000 visitors a year. Admission is free.Helen Clay Frick (1888—1984) was the driving force to preserve the Frick estate and allow it to open to the public after her death. | #7 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Phipps Conservatory 1 Schenley Park Pittsburgh PA - 412-622-6914 ~6.66 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Phipps Conservatory Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is a complex of buildings and grounds set in Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (near the Carnegie Museums in Oakland).The gardens were founded in 1893 by steel and real-estate magnate Henry Phipps as a gift to the City of Pittsburgh. Its purpose is to educate and entertain the people of Pittsburgh with formal gardens (Roman, English, etc.) and various species of exotic plants (palm trees, succulents, bonsai, orchids, etc.). Currently the facilities house elaborate gardens within the thirteen room conservatory itself and on the adjoining grounds. In addition to its primary flora exhibits, the sophisticated glass and metalwork of the Lord & Burnham conservatory offers an interesting example of Victorian greenhouse architecture.... | #8 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh PA - 412-268-2000 ~6.83 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (also known as CMU or simply Carnegie Mellon) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Since its inception, Carnegie Mellon has grown into a world-renowned institution, with numerous programs that are frequently ranked among the best in the world. In the most recent release of the Top 200 World Universities by Times Higher Education, Carnegie Mellon was ranked 21st overall and 6th in technology.[5] In the 2009 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked Carnegie Mellon's undergraduate program 22nd in the nation amongst national research universities, and in the 2010 edition its graduate programs in Computer Science 4th, Engineering 6th, Business 15th, Public Policy 10th, Fine Arts 7th, and Psychology 17th.The university attracts students from ... http://www.cmu.edu | #9 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh Po Box 111294 Pittsburgh PA - 412-622-3225 ~7.13 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh From rock groups to Campbell’s soup, from T. rex to submarine decks—the four Carnegie Museums are home to hundreds of thousands of objects, including some of the world’s great art and the remains of the Earth’s largest prehistoric creatures. They’re home, too, to thousands of exhibition spaces that make us wonder—about our world, the Universe, the past, and the future. Most importantly, they’re the participants and the hosts of daily exploration—onsite, out in the community, and around the world. They are Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum. | #10 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburgh PA ~7.18 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Carnegie Museum of Natural History From rock groups to Campbell’s soup, from T. rex to submarine decks—the four Carnegie Museums are home to hundreds of thousands of objects, including some of the world’s great art and the remains of the Earth’s largest prehistoric creatures. They’re home, too, to thousands of exhibition spaces that make us wonder—about our world, the Universe, the past, and the future. Most importantly, they’re the participants and the hosts of daily exploration—onsite, out in the community, and around the world. They are Carnegie Museum of Art, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Carnegie Science Center, and The Andy Warhol Museum.Members and children under 3: FreeAdults: $15 Seniors (65+): $12 Students with ID: $11Children 3-18: $11Admission includes same-day access to both Carnegie Museu... | #11 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh PA ~7.18 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Carnegie Museum of Art Carnegie Museum of Art offers a distinguished collection of contemporary art that includes film and video works. Other collections of note include works of American art from the late nineteenth century, French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, and European and American decorative arts from the late seventeenth century to the present. The Heinz Architectural Center, opened as part of the museum in 1993, is dedicated to the collection, study, and exhibition of architectural drawings and models. The Hall of Architecture contains the largest collection of plaster casts of architectural masterpieces in America and one of the three largest in the world. The marble Hall of Sculpture replicates the interior of the Parthenon.While most art museums founded at the turn of the centur... | #12 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Schenley Park Pittsburgh PA ~7.21 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Schenley Park Schenley Park is a large municipal park located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, between the neighborhoods of Oakland, Greenfield, and Squirrel Hill. It is also a National Historic District (NRHP Reference #85003506).The park is made up of 300 acres (1.21 km²) donated by Mary Schenley in 1889 and another 120 acres (0.49 km²) that the city subsequently purchased from her. Another 36 acres (0.15 km²) were acquired at a later date, bringing the park's total size to 456 acres (1.85 km²), and making it the second largest municipal park in Pittsburgh.The park borders the campuses of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh.Since 1993, Schenley Park has been home to the Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure®. The annual Mother's Day tradition brings together more than 35,000 par... | #13 of 30 Things To Do in Verona University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA ~7.59 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is a state-related research university located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on what was then the American frontier, Pitt is one of the oldest continuously chartered institutions of higher education in the United States. Pitt evolved into the Western University of Pennsylvania with an alteration to its charter in 1819, and upon relocating to its current campus in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh in 1908, the school received its current moniker, the University of Pittsburgh. For most of its history, Pitt was a private institution until it became part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education in 1966.Pitt has been placed in the top cluster of 7 leading U.S. public rese... | #14 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Carlow College 3333 5th Ave Pittsburgh PA - 412-578-6000 ~7.98 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Carlow College Carlow University offers students the best of a small Catholic, women-centered liberal arts university, within walking distance of world-class institutions of higher education including the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, situated in a culturally diverse, urban neighborhood.The Admissions Office is ready to assist you in choosing the best fit in your search for finding your academic home for the next four years that will enable you to discover and realize your personal and professional goals. Apply to Carlow today! http://www.carlow.edu | #15 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Kennywood Pittsburgh PA ~8.14 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Kennywood Kennywood is an amusement park located in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. The park first opened in 1898 as a trolley park for the Monongahela Street Railway Company. Along with Rye Playland Park, it is one of only two amusement parks listed in the National Register of Historic Places.Kennywood is owned by Kennywood Entertainment, which until December 2007 was a closely held family business owned by the Henninger and McSwigan families. Kennywood Entertainment is now operated by Palace Entertainment, a subsidiary of Parques Reunidos, an international amusement park company based in Madrid, Spain. | #16 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Sandcastle Water Park Pittsburgh PA ~8.22 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Sandcastle Water Park Sandcastle is a water park located in the Pittsburgh suburb of West Homestead. The park is located on a 67-acre (270,000 m2) piece of land along the banks of the Monongahela River. Sandcastle is owned by Parques Reunidos, who purchased Kennywood Entertainment. The company runs its original sister parks, Kennywood, Idlewild Park, and Lake Compounce. The park contains fourteen water slides, several swimming pools, and a handful of other attractions. | #17 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Penn Brewery Pittsburgh PA ~8.66 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Penn Brewery Penn Brewery, also known as the Pennsylvania Brewing Company, is a brewery and restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Tom and Mary Beth Pastorius in 1986, and is located at 800 Vinial Street in the Troy Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, on the site of the former Eberhardt and Ober Brewery (founded in 1848).Originally a contract brewing operation, Penn Brewery brewed its original and flagship product at the facilities of the Pittsburgh Brewing Company and then the Jones Brewing Company until 1989. Known as Penn Pilsner, Pastorius brewed the full bodied German-syle beer in strict accordance to the German Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot) of 1516. Penn Pilsner quickly gained in popularity among Pennsylvania beer drinkers, increasing the need for its own brewing facility. Pastori... | #18 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Tamburitzans of Duquesne Univ 1801 Blvd of the Allies Pittsburgh PA - 412-396-5185 ~8.85 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Tamburitzans of Duquesne Univ The Duquesne University Tamburitzans are the longest-running multicultural song and dance company in the United States. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the company's members are full-time Duquesne University students who receive scholarships for their activities. The Tamburitzans mission is twofold: first, to provide deserving students an education; second, to perpetuate the varying folk cultures and traditions of Eastern Europe.The Tamburitzans were created in 1937 by Dr. A. Lester Pierce, who brought his "Slavonic Tamburitza Orchestra" from St. Edward's University of Austin, Texas to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the group was well received by the region's diverse ethnic communities. Dr. Pierce negotiated an arrangement with Duquesne University, involving a work scholarshi... http://www.tamburitzans.duq.edu/index.html | #19 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Consol Energy Center - Pittsburgh Penguins Pittsburgh PA ~8.99 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Consol Energy Center - Pittsburgh Penguins Consol Energy Center (formerly the Civic Auditorium, Mellon Arena and Civic Arena, nicknamed The Igloo) is an arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It primarily serves as the home to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the city's National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. Constructed in 1961 for use by the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera (CLO), Mellon Arena has hosted multiple concerts, as well as hockey, basketball, tennis, boxing, wrestling, and soccer matches. The Arena was the world's first major indoor sports stadium with a retractable roof. It is named for Mellon Financial, which purchased the naming rights in 1999. | #20 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Heinz Field Stadium - Pittsburgh Steelers Pittsburgh PA ~9.00 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Heinz Field Stadium - Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz Field is a stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It primarily serves as the home to the Pittsburgh Steelers and University of Pittsburgh Panthers American football teams, members of the National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) respectively. The stadium opened in 2001, after the controlled implosion of the teams' previous stadium, Three Rivers Stadium. The stadium is named for locally based H. J. Heinz Company, which purchased the naming rights in 2001.Funded in conjunction with PNC Park, the US$281 million stadium stands along the Ohio River, on the Northside of Pittsburgh. The stadium was designed with the city of Pittsburgh's history of steel production in mind, which led to the inclusion of 12,000 tons of steel into the design. Gr... http://www.steelers.com/facility | #21 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Senator John Heinz Regional History Centre Pittsburgh PA ~9.01 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Senator John Heinz Regional History Centre Attraction type: History museum, Museummkmackin@hswp.orgAddress: 1212 Smallman St. Pittsburgh, PA 15222Tel: 412-454-6000Fax: 412-454-6031 | #22 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Heinz History Center 1212 Smallman St Pittsburgh PA - (412) 454-6000 ~9.03 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Heinz History Center http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/ | #23 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Lawrence Convention Center Pittsburgh PA ~9.17 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Lawrence Convention Center The Lawrence Convention Center is located in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania. The Convention Center offers a variety of banquet halls and meeting rooms perfect for any occasion.The David L. Lawrence Convention Center (DLLCC) is a 1,500,000-square-foot (139,000 m2) convention, conference and exhibition building in downtown Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Completed in 2003, it sits on the southern shoreline of the Allegheny River. It is the first LEED-certified convention center in North America and one of the first in the world. It is owned by the Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County | #24 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Duquesne University 600 Forbes Ave. Pittsburgh PA - 412-396-6000 ~9.36 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Duquesne University Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne (pronounced /dju?'ke?n/, locally /du?'ke?n/) first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of 40 students and a faculty of six. In 1911, the college became a university, the first Catholic institution of higher learning in Pennsylvania to achieve such a distinction. It is the only Spiritan institution of higher education in the world.Duquesne has since expanded to over 10,000 graduate and undergraduate students within a self-contained 49 acre (19.8 ha) hilltop campus in Pittsburgh's Bluff neighborhood. The school maintains associate campuses in Harrisbu... http://www.duq.edu/ | #25 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh PA ~9.44 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Andy Warhol Museum
| #26 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Allegheny County Courthouse Pittsburgh PA ~9.44 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Allegheny County Courthouse
| #27 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Benedum Center Pittsburgh PA ~9.47 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Benedum Center The Benedum Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Stanley Theatre) is a theater and concert hall located at 719 Liberty Avenue in the Cultural District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The Stanley Theatre opened as a deluxe movie palace February 27, 1928, and seats about 2,885 people. It was designed by the architectural firm Hoffman and Henon. In 1987, after a $43 million restoration was completed, the Stanley re-opened as the Benedum Center. As the Stanley Theater, it was named "Number One Auditorium in the U.S." by Billboard for several years when it was owned and operated by Pittsburgh based concert promoters|DiCesare-Engler Productions between 1977 and 1984In converting the theater into a full performing arts center, a new building including an extension to the stage and sup... | #28 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Roberto Clemente Bridge Pittsburgh PA ~9.56 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Roberto Clemente Bridge The Roberto Clemente Bridge, also known as the Sixth Street Bridge, spans the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.Named for the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball player Roberto Clemente, it is one of three parallel bridges called The Three Sisters, the others being the Rachel Carson Bridge and the Andy Warhol Bridge. The Three Sisters are self-anchored suspension bridges and are significant because they are the only trio of nearly identical bridges—as well as the first self-anchored suspension spans—built in the United States.The Sixth Street Bridge's piers were built with arched openings beneath the river bed in order to accommodate future subway tunnels, following the recommendation of transportation planner Bion J. Arnold.[1] The North Shore Connector tun... | #29 of 30 Things To Do in Verona Pittsburgh Children's Museum 10 Childrens Way Pittsburgh PA - 412-322-5058 ~9.59 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to Pittsburgh Children's Museum The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is a children's museum located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Allegheny Center neighborhood in Pittsburgh's Northside.The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh was founded in 1983 in the old Allegheny Post Office, gifted to the museum by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, and is situated on Pittsburgh's North Side, formerly Allegheny City. The neighboring Buhl Planetarium building was vacated by 1991 when it was superseded by the nearby Carnegie Science Center.In the early 2000s, it was announced the museum would be expanding from the old Beaux Arts-style post office into the neighboring vacant Art Deco Buhl Planetarium. A plan was devised to connect the two historic structures with a modern glass addition over what was... | #30 of 30 Things To Do in Verona National Aviary Pittsburgh PA ~9.64 miles from Verona city center Hotels Close to National Aviary The National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is America's only independent indoor nonprofit aviary. It is also America's largest aviary, and the only accorded honorary "National" status by the United States Congress.The National Aviary is located in Pittsburgh's Northside, within Allegheny Commons West Park in Allegheny Center.The National Aviary is open from 10 am to 5 pm every day of the year except December 25. Summer hours: The National Aviary opens at 9 am between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Although some of the birds must be fed in private, almost all feedings (both vegetarian and carnivorous) are scheduled and viewable by visitors. Since 1999, annual attendance has consistently topped 100,000.Recently, the National Aviary added a series of interactive encounters for vis... |
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