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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

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

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Eastern State Penitentiary

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

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Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site

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

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Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cave of Kelpius

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

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Mount Moriah Cemetery

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

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Grip the Raven

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

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The Barnes Foundation

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

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Laurel Hill Cemetery

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

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Elfreth's Alley

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

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Mummers Museum

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

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Giant Ants

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

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Rocky Statue

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Philadelphia City Hall

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

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Urban Axes

The first American axe throwing club.

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Shofuso Japanese House and Garden

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

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Tiffany Glass Mural "The Dream Garden"

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

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Philadelphia's Moon Tree

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

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Foucault Pendulum at the Franklin Institute

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

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Swann Memorial Fountain

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

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