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

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

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

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

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

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

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

Thousands of American timepieces on display in the former clock-making capital of the country.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

A seasonal movie monster museum featuring wax creations by a relative of one of the original Universal Studios monsters.

A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.