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

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

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 little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

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

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

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

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

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.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

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

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

This museum boasts a bucket of teeth and tells the tale of a 20th-century dental circus.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

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

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

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

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.