Yinzer Backstage Pass Archives

Discover tiny Gus & Yiayia’s in a tiny Pittsburgh at Carnegie Science Center

On this installment of Yinzer Backstage Pass, we visit the Miniature Railroad & Village to discover how they keep expanding the incredibly intricate 100-year-old model.

23 May 2022

Rooftop chapels, an underground vault and hidden theater in Downtown Pittsburgh

We discover the secrets of Pittsburgh's Union Trust Building on this installment of Yinzer Backstage Pass.

16 May 2022

200,000 USPS packages, secret trap doors and live bees

When anyone mails a package in Western Pennsylvania, the first stop is a massive facility in Warrendale, where hundreds of thousands of parcels show up every night.

09 May 2022

The secret tree laboratory at Schenley Park

Take a tour of Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy's experimental tree grove in Schenley Park on this installment of Yinzer Backstage Pass.

02 May 2022

Journey from the Allegheny River to your kitchen sink

On this week's installment of Yinzer Backstage Pass we follow the water on a tour of PWSA's Aspinwall Water Treatment Plant.

04 Apr 2022

The secrets of baking bread with Mediterra Bakehouse

On this week's edition of Yinzer Backstage Pass, Boaz Frankel goes behind the scenes at Mediterra Bakehouse on their 20th anniversary, with a tour of their 40,000-square-foot baking facility in Robinson Townshi...

21 Feb 2022

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