Is it surprising that maybe attraction, love, and affection can be about more than just a category defined at birth, a straight-jacketed adherence to gender and sexual roles?
That the city absorbed most of the state's yearly increase is not surprising given the attractions: pigeons to feast on and tall buildings and bridges that give an excellent vantage point from which to dive for prey.
But you'll find some incredible attractions and surprising stories within a 120-mile radius of that Steel City; north to Butler County and Erie, east to Altoona, and south to the Laurel Highlands.
As the only major sporting event where Europe plays as a team, under the EU flag, the attraction is not surprising.
That two of these became tourist attractions is hardly surprising – although the fact that architectural tourism didn't extend to the outskirts of Newport should perhaps have been borne in mind.
This attraction is in itself surprising, given that "Mr. Pickens's pale washed-up physique, topped by a bland, indistinct nose, was what got her juices flowing".
There is more to learn about the process from this compact show, but the main attraction is in the surprising number of mostly small, beautifully made paintings and drawings on display.
Though tattoos are an increasingly common, and visible, element of personal style these days, some of the more hidden and historic examples — from Victorian women to circus attractions — are the most surprising.
This is not surprising because this particular evening the main attraction at Coda, at Madison Avenue and 34th Street, is the Break Up Club.
Lynne stands at the front with a guitar and sings, but it's his way with a surprising chord change that's the main attraction.
