Rachel Carson Homestead

After publishing Silent Spring, Rachel Carson came to be regarded as one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century. She was born just outside of Pittsburgh in a five-room farmhouse in 1907, and her childhood home in Springdale remains, complete with views of the Allegheny River and of surrounding wildlife. Tour the home, or hike the accompanying 34-mile trail, whose markers provide information about Carson's forays into the forest and her life in general.