Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Old Adam Scheidt Plant
This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yo, Adrian!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Welcome to the home of the world's largest typewriter company.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Find your state fair food favorites all year long.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Fabric Workshop and Museum showcases fabric and mixed media work by artists of great international renown as well as local and outsider artists.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.