No Bigfoot has ever been proven, but Westmoreland and Fayette counties have a long paper trail of reports. Here is what is documented, what is legend, and what was faked.

In October 1948 a smog settled over Donora, Pennsylvania. Twenty people died and thousands fell ill. Here is what happened, what the federal inquiry found, and what is still argued.

Vandergrift, Pennsylvania was planned by the Olmsted firm for Apollo Iron and Steel in 1895. Here is how the town was designed, who it left out, and the debate over why.

Ten Pittsburgh-area legends and ghost stories, each labeled fact, legend or disputed, with a short version and a link to the full story.

The Darr Mine disaster of December 19, 1907 killed 239 men and boys near Van Meter. Here is what caused it, how many died, what the reports said, and what remains.

Ghost Hunters called the Carnegie Library of Homestead “built on bloodshed.” Here is what the record says about the 1892 strike, the hill, a reported 1899 pool death and how the ghost tours began.