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Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

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.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

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

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

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

The first American axe throwing club.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

The humble field where the first Major League Baseball game was played.

A legendary boxing venue and ring featured in Rocky V.

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

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

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

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

The world's only known button museum.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.