This two-story, Georgian-style brick building in Old City was a crucial meeting place in the United States' early history. The First Continental Congress met here, along with many semi-secret societies.[Learn more]
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Cliveden of the National Trust is one of the nation's best-documented and least-altered colonial houses located about six miles from Philadelphia's city center in Historic Germantown.[Learn more]
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Congress Hall had its beginning as the Philadelphia County Courthouse, but was shortly thereafter converted to the meeting place of the United States Congress.[Learn more]
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Philadelphia has a long history of beautiful brick buildings, and the Declaration House is no different. Originally built in 1775 by a local bricklayer, several rooms were later rented out by Thomas Jefferson as he drafted the Declaration of Independence.[Learn more]
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Eastern State Penitentiary was the world's first true penitentiary, built in 1829. The jail transferred out its final prisoners in 1971 and has been run as a National Historic Landmark ever since.[Learn more]
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When people think of the quaint, cobblestone-lined streets of the East Coast's historic areas, they are usually thinking of Elfreth's Alley.[Learn more]
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Located northwest of the City of Brotherly Love is the Pioneer Tunnel. Here, visitors can tour a real Anthracite Coal mine and ride an old-fashioned narrow gauge steam train and experience what life was like for the many miners who came to Pennsylvania.[Learn more]
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Standing tall in Philly's Society Hill neighborhood is the Powel House museum. This elegant home once belonged to the first mayor of the city after the American Revolution.[Learn more]
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A visit to Red Buffalo Ranch is a great way to add some outdoor action to your Philadelphia itinerary. Located along the edge of Evansburg State Park, the ranch offers guided trail rides through the 3,500-acre park upon well-trained horses.[Learn more]
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