Last year, Lonely Planet selected Pittsburgh among its top 10 “must-visit” places in the world for 2025 — the only U.S. city on the list.

Now, the Steel City has just made the list of top 25 “Best Places in the World to Travel to in 2026” by National Geographic. Once again it’s the only U.S. city on the list, rubbing shoulders with such iconic destinations as Rio de Janeiro, Beijing, Manila and Vancouver, B.C.

Other locations in the U.S. on the National Geographic list include the Badlands in North Dakota, Route 66 in Oklahoma (as the famed highway celebrates its 100th anniversary) and the island Maui.

National Geographic said the cities and regions were “hand-picked” by National Geographic’s global community of explorers, photographers and editors.

Why go to Pittsburgh? The magazine d

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