A local prank turned town icon.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

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

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

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

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

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

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

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

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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