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Book Twisted Tour Guide to Pittsburgh

Download or read book Twisted Tour Guide to Pittsburgh written by Marques Vickers and published by Marquis Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-16 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avoid The Tourist Herds. What could be more uninspiring than seeing the identical attractions that everyone else has for decades? This Twisted Tour Guide escorts you to the places locals don’t want to talk about anymore…the same places people once couldn’t stop talking about. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure historical sites remain hidden awaiting rediscovery. Each visitation site in this guide is accompanied by a story. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. The photography from each profile showcases the precise location where each event occurred. The scenes can seem ordinary, weird and/or sometimes very revealing towards clarifying the background behind events. If you’re seeking an alternative to conventional tourism, this Twisted Tourist Guide is ideal. Each directory accommodates the restless traveler and even resident looking for something unique and different. Historic and Frequently Flawed Personalities: Andy Warhol, George Washington, Mayors Joseph Barker and Charles Kline, Composer Stephen Foster, Biddle Brothers and Mrs. Soffel, Harry Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit, Mary Schenley, Henry Clay Frick, H. J. and Howard Heinz, Actress Eleonora Duse, Prohibition Reformer William King, Joe The Ghost Pangallo, President Calvin Coolidge, Aviator Rose Collins, Father James Cox, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Dr. Jonas Salk, Mister Fred Rogers, Robert Duggan and the Mysterious Hat Bandit Architecture With A Distinctive Past: Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh Bridges, Union Railroad Station, Kaufman’s Department Store and Famed Clock, Lyndhurst Mansion, Pitt University’s Log Cabin, Union Trust Building, Heinz Lofts, Schenley Park Hotel, Hendel Building, Syria Mosque, Saint John’s Hospital, William Penn Hotel, Heinz Field, Crawford Grill, Stock Exchange, Langley Hall Explosion, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Bellefield Tower and Iron City Brewery Hospitality and Hauntings Monongahela House Hotel, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Carnegie Library, Chatham College’s Woodland Hall and the Frick Mansion Legacies and Notorious Events Tarleton Bates’ Fatal Duel, Great Fire of 1845, Market Square Riot, Founding of the AFL Labor Organization, Fifth Avenue Fire, Cyclone of 1889, Armstrong-McKelvy Building Collapse, Lion Mauling at Luna Park, Spontaneous Human Combustion, Aetna Dynamite Explosion, Document Establishing Czechoslovakia, Donnelly Building Elevator Fall, Carnegie Ku Klux Klan Invasion, Sunday Blue Laws, Equitable Gas Company Explosion, Pittsburgh Jazz Heritage, Little Sisters of the Poor Fire, Winter Flooding of Point Park, Communist Scare, Commuter Bandit, Kennywood Pavilion Fire, Lottery Scandal, Purolator Heist, Todd Becker’s Dormitory Fall, Braun Baking Company and Town Talk Bread, Homeless Memorial and Operation Pork Chop Historical Scandals: Whiskey Rebellion, Labor Strikes and Accompanying Violence, Thaw-Seymour Marriage and Financiers Michael Carlow and Earl Belle Infamous Killings and Murder Architect Stanford White, Frontier Public Hangings, Dead Man’s Hollow, Suffocation By Folding Bed, Prohibition Gangster Leader Deaths of Luigi Lamendola, Stefano and Sam Monastero, Morris Curran, Giuseppe Siragusa and Jack Palmere, Rum Runner William Gregory, Lobianco Brothers Grocery Massacre, Volpe Brothers Contract Killing, Michael Chervenak, George Lee, Jimmy Goodnight, Spree Shooters Richard Baumhammers and George Sodini, Ricardo Tobia, Serial Killer Sidney Brinkley, Tree of Life Synagogue, Jim Rogers and Uber Driver Christina Spicuzza Transportation Calamities Mt. Washington Christmas Eve trolley crash, Graham Ferry Sinking, Bettis Airfield Balloon Disaster, Railroad Derailments, Island Queen Ship Detonation, Ghost Bomber and Air Disasters

Book Twisted Tour Guide Pittsburgh

Download or read book Twisted Tour Guide Pittsburgh written by Marques Vickers and published by Marques Vickers. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avoid The Tourist Herds. What could be more uninspiring than seeing the identical attractions that everyone else has for decades? This Twisted Tour Guide escorts you to the places locals don't want to talk about anymore...the same places people once couldn't stop talking about. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure historical sites remain hidden awaiting rediscovery. Each visitation site in this guide is accompanied by a story. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. The photography from each profile showcases the precise location where each event occurred. The scenes can seem ordinary, weird and/or sometimes very revealing towards clarifying the background behind events. If you're seeking an alternative to conventional tourism, this Twisted Tourist Guide is ideal. Each directory accommodates the restless traveler and even resident looking for something unique and different. Historic and Frequently Flawed Personalities: Andy Warhol, George Washington, Mayors Joseph Barker and Charles Kline, Composer Stephen Foster, Biddle Brothers and Mrs. Soffel, Harry Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit, Mary Schenley, Henry Clay Frick, H. J. and Howard Heinz, Actress Eleonora Duse, Prohibition Reformer William King, Joe The Ghost Pangallo, President Calvin Coolidge, Aviator Rose Collins, Father James Cox, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black, Dr. Jonas Salk, Mister Fred Rogers, Robert Duggan and the Mysterious Hat Bandit Architecture With A Distinctive Past: Cathedral of Learning, Pittsburgh Bridges, Union Railroad Station, Kaufman's Department Store and Famed Clock, Lyndhurst Mansion, Pitt University's Log Cabin, Union Trust Building, Heinz Lofts, Schenley Park Hotel, Hendel Building, Syria Mosque, Saint John's Hospital, William Penn Hotel, Heinz Field, Crawford Grill, Stock Exchange, Langley Hall Explosion, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Bellefield Tower and Iron City Brewery Hospitality and Hauntings Monongahela House Hotel, Pittsburgh Playhouse, Carnegie Library, Chatham College's Woodland Hall and the Frick Mansion Legacies and Notorious Events Tarleton Bates' Fatal Duel, Great Fire of 1845, Market Square Riot, Founding of the AFL Labor Organization, Fifth Avenue Fire, Cyclone of 1889, Armstrong-McKelvy Building Collapse, Lion Mauling at Luna Park, Spontaneous Human Combustion, Aetna Dynamite Explosion, Document Establishing Czechoslovakia, Donnelly Building Elevator Fall, Carnegie Ku Klux Klan Invasion, Sunday Blue Laws, Equitable Gas Company Explosion, Pittsburgh Jazz Heritage, Little Sisters of the Poor Fire, Winter Flooding of Point Park, Communist Scare, Commuter Bandit, Kennywood Pavilion Fire, Lottery Scandal, Purolator Heist, Todd Becker's Dormitory Fall, Braun Baking Company and Town Talk Bread, Homeless Memorial and Operation Pork Chop Historical Scandals: Whiskey Rebellion, Labor Strikes and Accompanying Violence, Thaw-Seymour Marriage and Financiers Michael Carlow and Earl Belle Infamous Killings and Murder Architect Stanford White, Frontier Public Hangings, Dead Man's Hollow, Suffocation By Folding Bed, Prohibition Gangster Leader Deaths of Luigi Lamendola, Stefano and Sam Monastero, Morris Curran, Giuseppe Siragusa and Jack Palmere, Rum Runner William Gregory, Lobianco Brothers Grocery Massacre, Volpe Brothers Contract Killing, Michael Chervenak, George Lee, Jimmy Goodnight, Spree Shooters Richard Baumhammers and George Sodini, Ricardo Tobia, Serial Killer Sidney Brinkley, Tree of Life Synagogue, Jim Rogers and Uber Driver Christina Spicuzza Transportation Calamities Mt. Washington Christmas Eve trolley crash, Graham Ferry Sinking, Bettis Airfield Balloon Disaster, Railroad Derailments, Island Queen Ship Detonation, Ghost Bomber and Air Disasters

Book Food Lovers  Guide to   Pittsburgh

Download or read book Food Lovers Guide to Pittsburgh written by Sarah Sudar and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings The ultimate guides to the food scene in their respective states or regions, these books provide the inside scoop on the best places to find, enjoy, and celebrate local culinary offerings. Engagingly written by local authorities, they are a one-stop for residents and visitors alike to find producers and purveyors of tasty local specialties, as well as a rich array of other, indispensable food-related information including: • Favorite restaurants and landmark eateries • Farmers markets and farm stands • Specialty food shops, markets and products • Food festivals and culinary events • Places to pick your own produce • Recipes from top local chefs • The best cafes, taverns, wineries, and brewpubs

Book Insiders  Guide   to Pittsburgh

Download or read book Insiders Guide to Pittsburgh written by Michele Margittai and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the top of the USX Tower to the fountain at Point State Park, explore Pittsburgh and all its offerings.

Book Pittsburgh Pictorial Tour Guide

Download or read book Pittsburgh Pictorial Tour Guide written by J. B. Jeffers Limited and published by . This book was released on 1993-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Greater Than a Tourist  Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA

Download or read book Greater Than a Tourist Pittsburgh Pennsylvania USA written by Greater Than a Tourist and published by . This book was released on 2020-03-02 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Pittsburgh. Greater Than a Tourist - Pittsburgh, PA by Patrick Freed offers the inside scoop on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the 'Greater Than a Tourist' series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination. This guide book will not tell you exact addresses or store hours but instead gives you knowledge that you may not find in other smaller print travel books. Experience cultural, culinary delights, and attractions with the guidance of a Local. Slow down and get to know the people with this invaluable guide. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to discover new activities at your next travel destination. Inside this travel guide book you will find: Visitor information from a Local Tour ideas and inspiration Save time with valuable guidebook information Greater Than a Tourist- A Travel Guidebook with 50 Travel Tips from a Local. Slow down, stay in one place, and get to know the people and culture. By the time you finish this book, you will be eager and prepared to travel to your next destination. OUR STORY Traveling is a passion of the Greater than a Tourist book series creator. Lisa studied abroad in college, and for their honeymoon Lisa and her husband toured Europe. During her travels to Malta, an older man tried to give her some advice based on his own experience living on the island since he was a young boy. She was not sure if she should talk to the stranger but was interested in his advice. When traveling to some places she was wary to talk to locals because she was afraid that they weren't being genuine. Through her travels, Lisa learned how much locals had to share with tourists. Lisa created the Greater Than a Tourist book series to help connect people with locals. A topic that locals are very passionate about sharing.

Book Mid Atlantic American Creepy Buildings and Paranormal Spaces

Download or read book Mid Atlantic American Creepy Buildings and Paranormal Spaces written by Marques Vickers and published by Marquis Publishing. This book was released on 2024-08-29 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition showcases the sites and structures where paranormal activity has occurred due to the often unexplainable and/or consequence of human depravity. Many of the showcased and photographed appear nondescript and ordinary, masking their significance with notoriety and infamy. These locations throughout the Mid-Atlantic sector of the United States include: ANNAPOLIS, MD: McDowell Hall, Reynolds, Middleton, Dock Street Taverns, Whitehall Creek Farm, Shiplap, Governor Calvert, Brice-Jennings, James Brice, Brooksby-Shaw Houses, Maryland Inn, Cornhill Street, Maryland State House, Camp Parole, Robert and Kathryn Swartz Murders, Capital Gazette Newsroom Massacre, Sacred Heart Burial Grounds ARLINGTON/ALEXANDER, VA: Vincent Foster Suicide, Serial Killers Timothy Spencer and Charles Severance Killing Sites, Arlington’s Forgotten Cemeteries, Yates Garden House, Gadsby’s Female Stranger, Devil Bat, Bruin Slave Jail, Wilkes Street Tunnel, Marshall and Schafer Houses, Alexandria Bank Building, Clem’s Stalking, Elton Hummer, Donita Cutts, George Lincoln Rockwell, Carol Ann Dodd, Constance Mellon, William Hall, Elizabeth Elliott and Karl von Lewinski Murders BALTIMORE, MD: Edgar Allan Poe’s Mysterious Death, Captain’s House Brothel, Clifton Mansion, Patterson Park, Peale Museum, Underground Railroad, Max’s Taphouse, John Wilkes Booth Grave, Body Snatching, Admiral Fell Inn, Belvedere and Lord Baltimore Hotels, Gayety Theatre, Emma Kefalos Murder, Charles Hopkins Rampage, Leakin Park Burials, Joseph Palczynski Abduction CHARLESTON, WV: General Lewis Inn, MacFarland-Hubbard House, Lewisburg Confederate and Hatfield Family Cemeteries, Greenbrier County Courthouse, Whipple Company Store, Juliet Staunton Clark, Cynthia Miller, Tammy Jean Daniel, Gary Carrier Jr., Jeanie Patton and Okey Meadow’s Murder Sites, King’s Inn and Roaring Twenties Nightclubs, Dollar Store Murder Site CHARLOTTE, NC: Copeland House, Albright Residence Hall, Confederate Cemetery, Stonewall Jackson Youth Center, Fire Station #4, Reesa Trexler, Taco Bell Murders, Ri Ra Irish Pub, Former Buckhead Saloon, Heritage USA Hotel DURHAM AND CHAPEL HILL, NC: Gimghoul Castle, Duke University Chapel Tower, Kathleen Peterson Murder, Killers Craig Hicks and Tailei Qi FAIRFAX/FREDERICKSBURG, VA: Pagans Motorcycle Club, Christmas Tree Lady, Chatham Manor, Beltway Sniper’s Virginia Sites, Grace Mann’s Murder GREENSBORO/WINSTON SALEM, NC: Korner’s Folly, Lydia’s Bridge, Lawson Family Museum, Biltmore Hotel, Reynolda House, Carolina Theatre, Bitter Blood Feud, Carolina Mill Fire HUNTINGTON, WV: Ritter Park, Alex Cox House, Huntington High School, Charles Manson Formative House, Samantha Burns Abduction, Prom Night Murder Site PITTSBURGH, PA: Chatham University Woodland Hall, Frick Mansion, Donnelly Building, Eleonora Duse, Mob Contract Killings, Jazz Age Performance Venues, Lobianco Brothers Grocery Store, Empire Yeast Company Site, Commuter Bandit Store, Langley Hall, McKees Rocks Sanitation Department, Serial Killer Sidney Brinkley and Richard Baumhammer, Pitt’s Brackenridge Hall, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church School, Clinton Apartments, Ricardo Tobia Murder, Tree of Life Synagogue RALEIGH, NC: Mordecai House, Page-Walker Hotel, Dr. Elbert Smith Murder, Etta Rebecca White’s Angel Monument, Fabius Page’s Graveyard RICHMOND, VA: Richmond Theatre, Confederate White House, Hollywood Cemetery, Virginia Governor’s Mansion, The Block WASHINGTON DC: Old Stone House, Halcyon House, Mary Ann Hall’s Brothel, Ford’s Theatre, Mary Surratt Boarding House, Hay-Adams Hotel, Adams Morgan Plaza, Blair House, Reagan Assassination Attempt, Drug Cartel Headquarters, DC Beltway Sniper Target Sites, Robert Wone, Joyce Chiang and Viola Herms Murders

Book Secret Pittsburgh  A Guide to the Weird  Wonderful  and Obscure

Download or read book Secret Pittsburgh A Guide to the Weird Wonderful and Obscure written by Karyn Locke and published by Reedy Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pittsburgh, PA is affectionately known as The Steel City and The ‘Burgh to locals, but there’s so much more to the renaissance city than just nicknames—and that includes all of the weird, wonderful, and obscure locations that make it an ideal place to visit and call home. Where can you find a road paved solely with wood or public steps that have actual street names? Is there a place in The Golden Triangle where 1 + 1 = 1? And what about putting french fries on a sandwich or pancakes fit for a U.S. President? Filled with tales of culture, history, and, of course, the bizarre, readers will delve into what makes Pittsburgh unique including an official name for the color of its prominent bridges, an acorn from space, the story behind the Pittsburgh parking chair, and even a museum dedicated to the macabre. Secret Pittsburgh is all about the stuff you simply can’t make up but would make for amazing fiction if it wasn’t. Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a true “Yinzer,” travel writer and Pittsburgh resident Karyn Locke will help you find truth behind the stories and tales that keep folks coming back—and staying put.

Book Pittsburgh Pictorial Tour Guide

Download or read book Pittsburgh Pictorial Tour Guide written by Joel B. Levinson and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Twisted Tour Guide to San Diego  Shocking Deaths  Scandals and Vice

Download or read book Twisted Tour Guide to San Diego Shocking Deaths Scandals and Vice written by Marques Vickers and published by Marquis Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-09 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Avoid The Tourist Herds. What could be more uninspiring than seeing the identical attractions that everyone else has for decades? This Twisted Tour Guide escorts you to the places locals don’t want to talk about anymore…the same places people once couldn’t stop talking about. Long after the screaming headlines and sensationalism has subsided, these bizarre, infamous and obscure historical sites remain hidden awaiting rediscovery. Each visitation site in this guide is accompanied by a story. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. The profiled cast of characters feature saints and sinners (with emphasis towards the latter). Notorious crimes, murders, accidental deaths, suicides, kidnappings, vice and scandal are captivating human interest tales. The photography from each profile showcases the precise location where each event occurred. The scenes can seem ordinary, weird and/or sometimes very revealing towards clarifying the background behind events. If you’re seeking an alternative to conventional tourism, this Twisted Tourist Guide is ideal. Each directory accommodates the restless traveler and even resident looking for something unique and different. Historical Scandals: Dead Man’s Point, Old Town’s Flawed Jail, Hanging A Horse Thief, A Rouge Litany of Flawed Mayors, The Rainmaker, Abraham Lincoln’s Love Letters, Kumeyaay Forced Relocation, Children’s Hospital Tainted Blood, Strippergate, Big Boom Bust and Del Mar Racehorse Fatalities. Flawed Personalities: Count Agoston Haraszthy, Davis’ Waterfront Folly, The Future Duchess of Windsor, Beach Boy Brian Wilson’s Vagrancy Arrest, Actor Desi Arnez’s Parking Shooting, Bird Rock Bandits Fatal Beating, Distancing From Aviator Charles Lindbergh, Junior Seau, Kellen Winslow II, Online Influencer Ali Abulaban and Unconventional Dr. Seuss. Architecture With A Distinctive Past: Stingaree District, The Golden Poppy Brothel, U.S. Grant Hotel, Cabrillo Monument, Escondido Bomb Factory, 101 Ash Street Skyscraper and Horton Plaza Hospitality and Hauntings Casa de Estudillo, Cosmopolitan Hotel, Whaley House, Villa Montezuma, El Cortez Hotel and Del Coronado Resort Hotel, Financial Sleights of Hand California National Bank Bust, Anti-Gambling Crusade, C. Arnholt Smith’s Crumbled Empire, J. David Investments and the Foreign Currency Scam, Congressman Randy Cunningham, Drug Money Laundering Sting of a Political Fixer, Congressman Duncan Duane Hunter and Gina Champion-Cain Legacies and Notorious Events Southern California To Phoenix Road Race, Balboa Park’s Nudist Colony, Japanese-American Internment, Elvis Presley’s 1956 Concert, El Cajon Boulevard Drag Racing Riots, Del Coronado Bridge Suicides, Baseball’s Roberto Clemente Abduction, Midair Collision of PSA Flight #182 and Cessna aircraft and Menacing Runaway Tank. Infamous Murders Ruth Sackett Muir, Morse and Goedecke Family Murders, Tara Rand, Donald Tubach, Mobster Frank Bompensiero, Robert Alton Harris, Torrey Pines Beach, Brenda Spencer, San Ysidro McDonald’s Massacre, Broderick versus Broderick, John Morency, San Diego State Graduate Student Kills His Professors, Comic Publisher Todd Loren, Charles Keever and Jonathan Sellers, Father Louis Gutierrez, Heaven’s Gate Mass Suicide, Santana High School Shooting, Serial Killer John Albert Gardner III, Ryan Jenkins, Trading Places With Your Murder Victim, Vanishing McStay Family, Death at Speckles Mansion, Suburban Bondage Killing, Murder and Abduction By A Trusted Family Friend, Homeless Serial Killer, Poolside Party Shooter and Poway Synagogue Shooting Law Enforcement Related Killings Fatal City Jail Fire, Hub Loan Shoot Out, Grape Street Park, Officers Christopher Wilson, Jeremy Henwood and Jonathan DeGuzman, Demetrius DuBose and Daniel Chong’s Isolation Hell.

Book HowExpert Guide to Pittsburgh  Pennsylvania

Download or read book HowExpert Guide to Pittsburgh Pennsylvania written by HowExpert and published by HowExpert. This book was released on with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to learn the history, discover the best places to visit, eat great food, and have fun exploring Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, then check out HowExpert Guide to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Have you ever been to a city on vacation, or a business trip, or even a honeymoon and returned home, only to find that you didn’t get to see even a quarter of things there was to see or do? Here's what you can learn inside the guide. - Get to see everything that Pittsburgh has to offer any visitor to the great city. - Find the perfect places to enjoy a nice dinner out or find places to eat that scream ‘Pittsburgh.’ - Find the perfect places to stay whether you are taking a family trip or an adult vacation. - Check out all the hot spots and sites there are all through the historic city. - Get information on everything you can do and how to save money if you are traveling with your family to the city. - Figure out all of the options you have to get around the city, and even figure out your way to the city and home, using this perfect travel guide, HowExpert Guide to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Now, you can plan the best vacation that you can plan using these tips, tricks, and secrets to impress the people with you with your extended knowledge of the great things Pittsburgh has to offer. Check out HowExpert Guide to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to learn the history, discover the best places to visit, eat great food, and have fun exploring Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania! About the Author Nathan Ion was born and raised in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, area. He is 31 years old and has lived in Pennsylvania his entire life. Currently, he resides in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, 45 minutes outside of Pittsburgh, with his fiancé Kelly, his five children Heaven, Reyland, Darius, Isabella, and Raven, and his 4-year-old cat Loki. In addition to loving reading, writing, and spending time in the city, Nathan enjoys playing video games, spending time outdoors, watching movies and television shows, eating a great meal, and spending every possible second that he can with his children and his fiancé as a family. HowExpert publishes how to guides by everyday experts.

Book Twisted Tour Guide  Central North Carolina

Download or read book Twisted Tour Guide Central North Carolina written by Marques Vickers and published by Marquis Publishing. This book was released on 2024-05-07 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evade the Tourist Herds and Enter Into An Insider’s Central North Carolina. Known and unknown history, hidden delights and fascinating stories pervade the history of the Triad Region. This kaleidoscope of discovery, personalities, egos, scandals, conflict framed by sheer beauty creates a vivid tapestry defining over three centuries. This guide transports you geographically and photographically to the precise famous and infamous locations where history occurred. The scenes may sometimes appear ordinary, weird, but often illuminate the physical background and descriptions behind events. Many of the narratives defy believability, yet they are true. This Twisted Tour Guide is your alternative to conventional travel. It accommodates the restless visitor, tourist and resident seeking a unique and different perspective to traditional tourism. CHARLOTTE METRO Angels in America Production, Battle of Charlotte, Billy Graham, Christenbury Eye Center, Mecklenburg’s Declaration of Independence, Haunted Fire Station #4, Homeless Jesus Sculpture, James K. Polk, Jerry Richardson, Death By Elephant Squeeze, Murders of Kim Medlin and Reesa Trexler, Old Man Traffic, Stephen Curry, Jim Bakker, Praise The Lord Network, Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg, NFL Player Rae Carruth, Morris The Moose, Colonel Sanchez, Bob Walton’s Briefcase, Ri Ra Irish Pub, Metalmorphosis, Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center, Reed Gold Discovery, Lake Norman, Taco Bell Serial Killer, Helper Hotel, St. Peter’s Church, Liberty Hall, Queens University Hauntings, Dunhill Hotel, Carolina Theatre, Duke Mansion, Jefferson Davis, George Washington, Johnson Building, Streetcar Barn Depot, Myers Park United Methodist Church, Copeland House, Founders Hall, Bank of America Complex, Confederate Monument and Tryon Road GREENSBORO/BURLINGTON/WINSTON-SALEM Andy Griffith’s Mt. Airy, Biltmore Hotel, Daniel Boone’s Cave, Burlington Sculptures, Cane Creek Quaker Colony, Carolina Theatre, Grant’s Park Quarry, Greensboro Massacre, Lawson Family, Elizabeth Grant and Tiffany Long’s Murders, Lydia’s Bridge, Mr. Barbecue, Mickey Coffee Pot, Scallop Shell Station, 1969 Burlington Race Riots, Woolworth Lunch Counter, Magnolia House, Battle of Alamance, Carolina Mills Fire, Jefferson Standard Light Building, Bitter Blood Murders, Maya Angelou, Poisoner Blanche Kiser Moore, O. Henry, Serial Killer John Richardson, Reynolda House, Korner’s Folly, Ardmore Scandal, Hanging Rock Park Lodge, High Point Museum, Plank Roads, Qubein Children’s Museum and Old Salem DURHAM/CHAPEL HILL Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge, Dean Smith Mural, Durham’s Two Bulls, Murders of Faith Hedgepeth, James Cates, Michael Crosby, Zijie Yan and Kathleen Peterson, Rampage Killer Craig Stephen Hicks, Gene Dillard’s Mosaic House, Gimghoul Castle, Occoneechee Race Track, UNC Athletic Academic Scandal, Duke Bell Tower Phantom, Eno River Park, Duke Lacrosse Scandal, Confederate Army Surrender, UNC Speaker Bans, Durham Hotel, Morehead Planetarium, He’s Not Here Bar and King Tobacco RALEIGH METRO President Andrew Johnson, Bain Water Treatment Plant, Historic Red Light District, Carbonton Dam, Daily Globe Natural Sciences Museum Sculpture, Free Expression Tunnel, Giant Acorn Sculpture, Joel Lane, John Edwards, Swift Kick Machine, Murders of Ludlow Skinner, Elbert Smith and Beth Ellen Vinson, Mordecai House, Horse and Mule Cemetery, Pete Maravich, Panhandling Gorilla, Historic Red Light District, Spinning Angel of Oakwood, Burying Whale Corpses, Whirligigs, William Umstead State Park, Mysterious Lee Harvey Oswald Call, Isaac Hunter’s Cherry Bounce, Goodnight Museum Park, Page-Walker Hotel, Roaring 20s Speakeasies, Biggie Smalls, Third Governor Mansion, Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral and Yates Mill

Book Tour Guide

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1954
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 70 pages

Download or read book Tour Guide written by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tendon Structure Function Relationship in Health  Ageing and Injury

Download or read book Tendon Structure Function Relationship in Health Ageing and Injury written by Huub Maas and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Insiders  Guide to Pittsburgh

Download or read book Insiders Guide to Pittsburgh written by Jenn Phillips and published by Insiders' Guide. This book was released on 2005-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take an architectural walking tour of Pittsburgh's Golden Triangle, discover an array of cultural and entertainment amenities, and enjoy almost any kind of food, thanks to Pittsburgh's diverse ethnic population. Includes an in-depth chapter on Western Pennsylvania's many colleges and universities.

Book Haunted Pittsburgh

    Book Details:
  • Author : Timothy Murray, Michelle Smith and Haydn Thomas
  • Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 1467119938
  • Pages : 1 pages

Download or read book Haunted Pittsburgh written by Timothy Murray, Michelle Smith and Haydn Thomas and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded amidst the bloodshed of the French and Indian War, Pittsburgh is haunted by the ghosts of its gritty and sometimes violent past. Many believe American industrialist Henry Clay Frick still inhabits Clayton, one of the last surviving homes on Millionaires' Row. The spirit of Kate Soffel lingers at the Allegheny County Jail, where she helped plot the escape of the Biddle brothers and fell in love in the process. The Duquesne Incline in 1877 employed teens disguised as ghosts to boost business. However, an authentic sinister entity is said to haunt the nearby Monongahela Incline without compensation. Join the Haunted Pittsburgh team as it explores ghostly encounters in the Steel City.

Book Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Travel Guide

Download or read book Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Travel Guide written by Fitore Shllaku and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: