2017 · Atlas Obscura

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of roads around the outskirts of Pittsburgh.

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Exposition Park Marker

Dr. Tumblety’s Time-Inspired Specialty Shop

Winter Mausoleum

Armstrong Tunnel

Former Pittsburgh Stock Exchange

The Zenith

Shrine of the Blessed Mother

Pittsburgh’s Cultural District

The City of Bridges: A Walk Through Pittsburgh

Cultural Heritage: Pittsburgh in 2317 #MCN2017

Pennsylvania Road Trip: From Pittsburg to Philadelphia with Tim Richards. Travelbook

Fort Pitt Blockhouse

The Bumblebee Beach

Johnny Angel’s Ginchy Stuff

Gene Kelly’s Pittsburgh Plaque

The First Heinz Pickle Charm

Bacchus House

A Hidden Park in Pittsburgh

The Original Puppets from ‘Mister Roger’s Neighborhood’

Photo Antiquities Museum

Monument to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Immaculate Reception”

Homewood Cemetery

This Old Testament Garden Features 100 Plants From Biblical Times

A Rare Example of Natural Red Clay Tennis Courts

The Weeping Glass

The Soot-Covered Columns of Carnegie Mellon

reCARstruction

Pittsburgh’s Last Wooden Street

Magneto Mural

Graphic Arts Technical Center

Wean Hall, Carnegie Mellon University

Wesley W. Posvar Hall (WWPH), University of Pittsburgh

Jennie King Mellon Library, Chatham College

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To represent a masterpiece of human creative genius.
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To exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design.
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To bear a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or to a civilization which is living or which has disappeared.
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To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history.
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To be outstanding examples representing significant on-going ecological and biological processes in the evolution and development of terrestrial, fresh water, coastal and marine ecosystems and communities of plants and animals.
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To be an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement, land-use, or sea-use which is representative of a culture (or cultures), or human interaction with the environment especially when it has become vulnerable under the impact of irreversible change.
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To be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance. (The Committee considers that this criterion should preferably be used in conjunction with other criteria).
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To contain superlative natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
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To be outstanding examples representing major stages of earth's history, including the record of life, significant on-going geological processes in the development of landforms, or significant geomorphic or physiographic features.
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To contain the most important and significant natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity, including those containing threatened species of outstanding universal value from the point of view of science or conservation.
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