Ever wish you could see one last baseball game at Pittsburgh’s historic Forbes Field? Well, the 1951 feature film “Angels in the Outfield” offers the next best option. The…

  Read the full article about Dr. Alice Bennett and the Johnstown Flood by Kenneth J. Weiss, M.D. in the Fall 2017 issue of Western Pennsylvania History. Alice Bennett, M.D.,…

  In 1996, California restauranteur Alice Waters joined forces with a middle school principal to turn an acre of asphalt into the first Edible Schoolyard. Students in Berkley, Calif., cultivated…

  Yiddish theater had a peripatetic existence in Pittsburgh before the opening of Lando’s Theatre in October 1928. Visiting companies put on shows wherever they could find space to rent,…

  Mister Rogers postage stamp, 2018. Courtesy of the U.S. Postal Service. “What do you think about having Fred Rogers featured on a stamp?” This is the question I was…

The Pittsburgh region has been home to many remarkable women over the years, including journalist Nellie Bly, abolitionist Jane Grey Swisshelm, and environmentalist Rachel Carson. But there’s another one you…

  Kids tuned in to Paul Shannon’s “Adventure Time” each December to see their letters sent by rocket to Santa, played here by Heid. Photo courtesy of Jim Heid. Did…

  Museum life-like figure of Franco Harris in front of the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum. There are certain moments in sports that define a team, an era, or an individual.…

  Cars fill up at the first Gulf station. Behind is this season’s new addition, Primanti Bros. restaurant, serving its sandwiches in the Strip District since 1933. Photo by Brian…

  The Day Pittsburgh Stood Still: September 9, 1947 It was a such a simple repair. As Captain Charles Hall walked off the Cincinnati-based excursion steamer Island Queen, docked along…