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Western Pa Model Railroad
5507 Lakeside Dr Gibsonia PA - 724-444-6944
~5.36 miles from Mars city center
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The Western Pennsylvania Model Railroad Museum is a railroad museum in Gibsonia, Pennsylvania.It is dedicated to the exhibition of model trains and historical railroad paraphernalia. The museum's main exhibit is a 40' by 100' scale model of the railroad lines connecting Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cumberland, Maryland, accompanied by information on the history of the route and the technical details of its construction.Other features include a children's area, a gift shop, and a snack bar and a newsagent.From November to January, the museum also features an annual holiday train show.
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Butler County K W Scholter Field (BTP)
Butler PA
~6.94 miles from Mars city center
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Family Sports Center
542 Evans City Rd Butler PA - 724-482-2199
~10.67 miles from Mars city center
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We, as parents, understand the importance of providing an atmosphere in which ALL children in our community will thrive and play. In addition, we are committed to provide top-level, nationally-licensed coaches to teach your children in the programs we provide. Our league play will be designed to provide the most equal yet competitive playing environment possible.OWNED BY PARENTS - RUN FOR CHILDREN
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Sewickley Vly School Nursing
720 Blackburn Rd Sewickley PA - 412-741-7300
~13.20 miles from Mars city center
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Butler County Historical Soc
Po Box 414 Butler PA - 724-283-8116
~13.30 miles from Mars city center
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John A Hermann Jr Art Museum
318 Lincoln Ave Pittsburgh PA - 412-761-8008
~14.36 miles from Mars city center
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A tribute to the prolific work of this local artist, the John A. Hermann, Jr. Memorial Art Museum contains a vast selection of the artist's works simply due to the fact that he never sold his finished works. Created during throughout the first half of the 1900s, some 1,000 of Hermann's paintings and a collection of foreign bronze and ivory works were donated to the Bellevue community after his death. The collection of paintings provide a wonderful look into the beauty of Pittsburgh, and the landscapes of other cities, as it existed a century ago. Set in the Bellevue area, the museum is just three blocks away from pretty little Bayne Park.Hours of Operation:Open Sat. - Sun. noon - 4:00 p.m.; Closed Mon. - Fri.Admission Details:Free.Contact Information:Phone: (412) 761-8008...
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Robert Morris University
6001 University Blvd Moon Township PA
~15.35 miles from Mars city center
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Thorn Run Regional Oncology
935 Thorn Run Rd # 103 Coraopolis PA - 412-269-2375
~15.69 miles from Mars city center
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Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium
Pittsburgh PA
~16.22 miles from Mars city center
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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.
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Pittsburgh Zoo
1 Wild Pl Pittsburgh PA
~16.42 miles from Mars city center
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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.
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Mattress Factory Museum
500 Sampsonia Way Pittsburgh PA - 412-231-3169
~16.88 miles from Mars city center
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The Mattress Factory is a museum of contemporary art located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It exhibits room-sized installation art from across the country and around the world.The Mattress Factory museum is named for its gallery buildings, housed since 1977 in the former Stearns & Foster mattress factory and warehouse buildings at 500 Sampsonia Way in the Mexican War Streets area of Pittsburgh's Central Northside.Currently, the Mattress Factory receives about 38,000 visitors per year. Museum operating hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Mattress Factory is closed on Mondays.
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Penn Brewery
Pittsburgh PA
~17.01 miles from Mars city center
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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...
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Highland Park Care Center
745 N Highland Ave Pittsburgh PA - 412-362-6622
~17.08 miles from Mars city center
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National Aviary
Pittsburgh PA
~17.10 miles from Mars city center
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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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Pittsburgh Children's Museum
10 Childrens Way Pittsburgh PA - 412-322-5058
~17.15 miles from Mars city center
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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...
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Community College of Allegheny County Allegheny Campus
808 Ridge Ave. Pittsburgh PA - 412-237-2511
~17.29 miles from Mars city center
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The CCAC Workforce Fast Tracks short term training program is a series of certificate, diploma and training courses designed to train or retrain individuals to enter the workforce in six months or less. The Information Technology Support certificate is only one of the many Workforce Fast Track programs offered in Spring 2010. It is your future. Get there faster.
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PNC Park - Pittsburgh Pirates
600 Stadium Cir Pittsburgh PA - 412-323-0300
~17.51 miles from Mars city center
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PNC Park is a baseball park located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the city's Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. It opened during the 2001 Major League Baseball season, after the controlled implosion of the Pirates' previous home, Three Rivers Stadium. The ballpark is sponsored by the locally-based PNC Financial Services, which purchased the naming rights in 1998.[4] PNC Park features a natural grass playing surface and seats 38,496 people for baseball, which as of 2008 is the second-smallest capacity of any Major League park.Funded in conjunction with Heinz Field, the $216 million park stands along the Allegheny River, on the North Shore of Pittsburgh with a view of Downtown Pittsburgh. Plans to build a new stadium for the Pirates origin...
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Andy Warhol Museum
Pittsburgh PA
~17.54 miles from Mars city center
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Rivers Casino
Pittsburgh PA
~17.56 miles from Mars city center
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Carnegie Science Center
Pittsburgh PA
~17.63 miles from Mars city center
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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.
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USS Requin
Pittsburgh PA
~17.63 miles from Mars city center
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USS Requin (SS/SSR/AGSS/IXSS-481), a Tench-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the requin, a sand shark. Her keel was laid down on 24 August 1944 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine. She was launched on 1 January 1945 sponsored by Mrs. Slade D. Cutter, and commissioned on 28 April 1945 with Commander Slade D. Cutter in command.Initially, Requin carried heavier armament than usual for a fleet submarine, perhaps because Commander Cutter was one of the most decorated submarine skippers going to sea. She had an additional five-inch/25-caliber deck gun, as well as two 24-tube five-inch (127 mm) rocket launchers, which were intended to be used to provide offshore bombardment during Operation Downfall, the planned invasion of Kyushu and Honsh...
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Roberto Clemente Bridge
Pittsburgh PA
~17.67 miles from Mars city center
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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...
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Heinz Field Stadium - Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh PA
~17.69 miles from Mars city center
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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...
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Senator John Heinz Regional History Centre
Pittsburgh PA
~17.69 miles from Mars city center
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Attraction type: History museum, Museummkmackin@hswp.orgAddress: 1212 Smallman St. Pittsburgh, PA 15222Tel: 412-454-6000Fax: 412-454-6031
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Heinz History Center
1212 Smallman St Pittsburgh PA - (412) 454-6000
~17.70 miles from Mars city center
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Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh PA
~17.81 miles from Mars city center
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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
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Benedum Center
Pittsburgh PA
~17.94 miles from Mars city center
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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...
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Point State Park
Pittsburgh PA
~17.99 miles from Mars city center
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Point State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 36 acres (150,000 m2) in Downtown Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA, at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, forming the Ohio River.Built on land acquired via eminent domain from industrial enterprises in the 1950s, the park opened in 1974 when construction was completed on its iconic fountain. Pittsburgh settled on the current design after rejecting an alternative plan for a Point Park Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.The park also includes the outlines and remains of two of the oldest structures in Pittsburgh, Fort Pitt and Fort Duquesne. The Fort Pitt Museum, housed in the Monongahela Bastion of Fort Pitt, commemorates the French and Indian War (1754–1763), in which the area soon to become P...
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh PA
~18.02 miles from Mars city center
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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...
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Consol Energy Center - Pittsburgh Penguins
Pittsburgh PA
~18.03 miles from Mars city center
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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.
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