Latrobe, PA

Located about 38 miles southeast of Downtown Pittsburgh, Latrobe provides easy access to the city by train from the Latrobe Station. Ideal for commuters looking for a wooded, pastoral community to call home, Latrobe wraps around Loyalhanna Creek, directly south of the Loyalhanna Lake National Recreation Area and Keystone State Park. On the south end of town, golfers appreciate the beautiful course at Latrobe Country Club.

With elegant, tree-filled neighborhoods wrapped around a historic downtown filled with shops and restaurants, Latrobe has many claims to fame: it was the boyhood home of Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers), and it is the place where the banana split was invented in 1904. Every year, this delicious achievement is celebrated during the Banana Split Festival. And there's a reason the nearby airport is named the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport -- the legendary golfer was born in Latrobe.

Latrobe is also the place where football began (the earliest professional football team was the Latrobe Athletic Association, which began in 1895), and the Pittsburgh Steelers are regular visitors to Latrobe's Steelers Fest. And if an American icon, the nation's favorite dessert, a golf legend, and the birthplace of football aren't enough to get you to move to Latrobe -- this is also the place where Rolling Rock beer was first brewed, at Latrobe Brewery. So if anyone asks, "What do ice cream, beer, and football have in common?" You can answer, "They're all from Latrobe."