Philadelphia - Category of Things to Do

The mile-long Benjamin Franklin Parkway, known as Museum Row or, less convincingly, as "America's Champs-Elysees" sweeps northwest from City Hall to the colossal Museum of Art in Fairmount Park , ... more

Grassy Rittenhouse Square , one of Penn's original city squares, is in a very fashionable part of town. On one side it borders chic Walnut Street, ... more

Just to the east of Old City along the Delaware River, where William Penn stepped off in 1682, spreads the huge and heavily industrialized port of Philadelphia. Along the port's southern reaches, on the river side of the I-95 freeway, ... more

One of Philadelphia's most significant historic sites stands, all but forgotten, just a short walk from the Fairmount Park museums. The Eastern State Penitentiary , ... more

Any tour of Philadelphia should start with Independence National Historic Park , or INHP , "America's most historic square mile," which covers a mere four blocks just west of the Delaware River between Walnut and Arch streets, ... more