Standing 535 ft, the 42-story Late Gothic Revival Cathedral of Learning is the tallest educational building in the Western hemisphere and the centerpiece of the Univ of Pittsburgh campus; it is also the 2nd-tallest gothic-styled building in the world
The cholla cactus has been nicknamed the teddy bear cactus due to it’s friendly look but do not be fooled!; also known as the jumping cactus, the chollas have a way of snagging feet and legs with thorns that are difficult to extract
St. Paul's Cathedral, built in Gothic Revival style and completed in 1905, was inspired by the Cologne Cathedral; Pittsburgh has roughly 300,000 residents while the metro area has 2.3+ million