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Mark Yarris has lived and worked in the Pittsburgh region all his life. He is an avid traveler, always in search of the unique, unusual, and nostalgic. His background includes landscape architecture, history and art. You can contact Mark at www.pghdaytripper@yahoo.com.

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Start a family tradition this Thanksgiving Day!

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

Today Thanksgiving Day seems to represent the start of the Christmas / New Years holiday shopping season rather than a day spent with family and...
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Do Pittsburgh’s “Light Up Night” right!

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Thanksgiving is not here yet, but the Christmas Holiday Season will be getting underway in Pittsburgh on November 20, 2009. Although it’s dubbed...
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Spend a day thanking Veterans for your freedom!

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. Seven years later on June 4, 1926, the U.S. Congress requested...
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Nemacolin Castle in Brownsville, Pennsylvania is historic, old and… haunted

As you cross the U.S. Route 40 Lane Bane Bridge, from the west, into Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, look slightly to your right. Sitting...
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Fall is the season for pumpkins, apples, hayrides, and corn mazes in Western Pennsylvania

The air is crisper, cooler and cleaner (or so it seems). The days are getting shorter and the nights longer. The time is right for the landscapes of...
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Give “Old Sparky” a visit at the West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville

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Visit, or better yet, stay at a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece

Those who enjoy great architecture and especially Frank Lloyd Wright architecture now have the opportunity to stay in two of the three Western...
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G-20 Summit: Pittsburgh welcomes the world, but locals may want to stay away

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While the City of Pittsburgh is gearing up to welcome the world, security teams, police, the national guard and others are gearing up to make sure...
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Covered bridges and related festivals are traditional autumn destinations

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Remembering 9-11: Flight 93 will rise from the ashes.

September 11, 2001 is a date that anyone old enough to remember will never forget. I know exactly where I was and what I was doing that day... in...
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