As the oldest natural history museum in the Americas, these halls contain everything from dinosaur bones to biological samples collected by Lewis and Clark.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Trace the history of the nation’s early days at the site of America’s oldest stock exchange.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

Where some of America's earliest LGBTQ rights protests marched each Fourth of July

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

The Fabric Workshop and Museum showcases fabric and mixed media work by artists of great international renown as well as local and outsider artists.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

Instruments, apparatus, and rare books all relating to chemistry and its related sciences.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

This overlooked courtyard and museum celebrate Benjamin Franklin's life and achievements.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.