A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.

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

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

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

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

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

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

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

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

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

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

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.

Contrary to popular belief, this secluded statue doesn't represent Pennsylvania's founder.

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

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.

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

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

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

The corporeal remains of Napoleon III's dentist rest under this 15-story obelisk.

This 15-foot tall obelisk commemorating the Philadelphia-Baltimore railroad connection sat neglected for over a century.