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Philadelphia: Mosaic Labyrinths, 181 Renoirs and the First Gay Rights March in America
Wander the mosaic labyrinth of Philadelphia Magic Gardens on South Street, confront 181 Renoirs and 69 Cezannes in the Barnes Foundation unconventional gallery, stand before Rodins Gates of Hell in a garden that charges by donation, learn how Drexel invented cooperative education and helped anchor the Comcast tech economy, walk the rainbow-signed Gayborhood where rights marches began four years before Stonewall, and plan arrival by train from New York in 70 minutes.
Philadelphia: Super Bowl Underdogs, Pretzel Holy Trinity and the World Oldest Steel Warship
Relive the Eagles stunning Super Bowl LII upset at Lincoln Financial Field in the tightest sports complex in America, eat a cheesesteak in the Pat versus Geno rivalry on Passyunk, follow Benjamin Franklin footprints through four institutions he personally founded, walk the Victorian mile of Chestnut Hill along the oldest commercial avenue in America, and see the 1898 warship USS Olympia still floating at Penn Landing.
Philadelphia: Prison Reform, Orchestra Sound and the Oldest Street in America
Graze among 80 merchants at Reading Terminal Market in an 1893 train shed, tour the Gothic penitentiary that invented solitary confinement and held Al Capone, hear the Philadelphia Sound at the Kimmel Center, explore the research universe of University City, bargain at the Italian Market that trained Rocky, and walk Elfreth Alley where people have lived since 1702.
Philadelphia: 4000 Murals, the World Largest Pipe Organ and the Wissahickon Gorge
Join a mural arts trolley tour through the city with the world largest outdoor mural collection, skate or photograph the LOVE sculpture in LOVE Park beneath City Hall William Penn hat, watch sculls race past Victorian Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill, hear the 28000-pipe Wanamaker organ at a daily free concert, climb the Manayunk Wall and descend into Wissahickon forest trails, and decode how Philadelphia 50 neighborhoods still hold distinct identities.