Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob

Fallingwater was designed in 1935 by Frank Lloyd Wright for Edgar Kaufman and his family of the Kaufmann's department stores in Pittsburgh.  It is located in Mill Run, PA in the heart of the Pennsylvania Laurel Highlands.

































Kentuck Knob, another Frank Lloyd Wright design, was completed 1953-1956 for the Hagan Family of Pittsburgh (owners of Hagan Dairies) and is located about 6 miles from Fallingwater in Dunbar, PA.

A piece of the original Berlin Wall on the property.

Horseshoe Curve

Horseshoe Curve replaced the Allegheny Portage Railroad as a faster way to cross the Allegheny Mountains through Pennsylvania.

Up we go to see the train go around the horseshoe

View from the top


It was fun to watch the train surround us!

Allegheny Portage Railroad

The Allegheny Portage Railroad was eventually replaced by Horseshoe Curve.

The Engine House

The Lemon House (tavern for travelers)

The skewed arch bridge (construction marvel of its day)

Mount Ararat

Lookout point at Mt. Ararat in the Allegheny Mountains

This is what it used to look like when the Grand View Ship Hotel was still there...

The ship hotel burned down in 2001 but you can still see signs of the old hotel and charring on the trees