| City of Philadelphia Official Website |
| Independence Visitor Center is the official visitor center of Philadelphia |
| Philadelphia is home to the Constitution |
| Philadelphia is home to the Liberty Bell |
| Congress Hall |
| Carpenters' Hall Meeting place of the First Continental Congress |
| Philadelphia was home to the first hospital in 1751. |
| Independence Hall |
| The West Wing of Independence Hall |
| National Constitution Center |
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Philadelphia Is A City Of Firsts |
| The first stock exchange in America was located in Philadelphia |
| The Philadelphia Packet and Daily Adviser was the first daily newspaper from 1784 |
| Philadelphia is home to the first Thanksgiving Day Parade, since 1920 |
| The first musical auditorium in the USA, The Academy of Music in Philadelphia |
| St. Patrick's Day Parade-- the 2nd oldest Parade in the Country |
| Philadelphia is home to the first university, Thomas Jefferson University |
| Philadelphia is home to the first zoo, The Philadelphia Zoo |
| Philadelphia is home to the first lending library, |
| The first American piano was built and kept in Philadelphia in 1775. |
| Home of the first soft pretzel — Dutch settlers introduced the soft pretzel in the 18th century. |
| Philadelphia’s Naval Yard is the first naval ship yard in America. It’s ports are still used today. |
| The Philadelphia Mint — The nation's first mint took three years to produce its first million coins |
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Interesting Philadelphia |
| American Bandstand - Dick Clark’s American Bandstand premiered on ABC from Philadelphia |
| Philadelphia’s major league baseball team is "The Phillies" |
| Mural capital of the U.S. — With over 2,000 outdoor murals, Philadelphia is the mural capital of the U.S. |
| Philadelphia has the largest collection of sculptor work outside of Paris. |
| Reading Terminal Market, One of America's largest and oldest public markets, housed since 1893 |
| The Philadelphia Rivers Casino |
| Valley Forge National Historical Park |
| Longwood Horticultural Gardens |
| Philadelphia Zoo |
| Franklin Square |
| The Franklin Institute - Science Museum |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| Elmwood Park Zoo |
| Please Touch Museum for Kids |
| Eastern State Penitentiary |
| Museum of the American Revolution |
| The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University |
| Barnes Foundation - French impressionist and post-impressionist paintings... |
| Penn Museum |
| Once Upon a Nation / Historic Philadelphia, Inc. |
| Mütter Museum is a riveting storehouse for the anatomically strange. |
| Philadelphia's Magic Gardens |
| Morris Arboretum |
| Old City Hall |
| Independence Seaport Museum |
| Christ Church Where colonial America made its break with the Church of England... |
| National Museum of American Jewish History |
| Battleship New Jersey |
| Second Bank of the United States |
| The African American Museum in Philadelphia |
| Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site |
| National Liberty Museum |
| The President's House: Freedom and Slavery in the Making of a New Nation |
| Independence National Historical Park |
| National Constitution Center |
| Museum of the American Revolution |
| The Betsy Ross House |
| Elfreth’s Alley |
| Blue Cross RiverRink Winterfest |
| Race Street Pier & Cherry Street Pier |
| Adventure Aquarium |
| Philadelphia Museum of Art |
| The Rocky Statue and the Rocky Steps |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts |
| LOVE Park |
| Rittenhouse Square Park |
| Schuylkill River Trail & Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk |
| Fashion District Philadelphia |
| Italian Market |
| Institute of Contemporary Art |
| Bartram's Garden |
| The Rail Park |
| Kelly Drive & Boathouse Row |
| Fairmount Park |
| Wissahickon Valley Park |
| Peddler’s Village |
| Sesame Place |
| Fonthill Castle & Moravian Pottery and Tile Works |
| LEGOLAND Discovery Center |
| Mercer Museum & Michener Art Museum |
| King of Prussia Mall |
| Explore Philly's hip waterfront |
| American Philosophical Society Hall |
| Belmont Mansion |
| Colonial Germantown Historic District |
| First Bank of the United States |
| Fort Mifflin |
| Laurel Hill Cemetery |
| Philadelphia Merchants Exchange Building |
| Philadelphia City Hall |
| Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial |
| La Salle University Art Museum |
| Rodin Museum |
| University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology |
| Woodmere Art Museum |
| Insectarium |
| Civil War Museum of Philadelphia |
| Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library |
| Museum of the American Revolution |
| Dolley Todd House |
| Marian Anderson Museum and Birthplace |
| The Fabric Workshop and Museum |
| Living Loft Puppet Museum |
| Mario Lanza Museum |
| Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania |
| The Mummers Parade in Philadelphia is the oldest continuous folk parade in the United States. |
| Philadelphia Doll Museum |
| Center for Art in Wood |
| Fleisher Art Memorial |
| Morris Arboretum |
| 30th Street Station |
| Reading Terminal |
| Suburban Station |
| Philadelphia Naval Shipyard |
| USS New Jersey (BB-62) (Camden, NJ) |
| SS United States |
| Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site |
| Masonic Temple of Philadelphia |
| Pizza Brain's Museum of Pizza Culture |
| Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, the largest pipe organ in the world, based on number of ranks and weight. |
| Foucault Pendulum at the Franklin Institute |
| Sparks Shot Tower |
| Harry's Occult Shop |
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