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Attractions in Philadelphia

Sights, markets, museums and nights out in Philadelphia, with our top choices first and then the places readers open most.

144 places

Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial

ParkEllen Phillips Samuel Memorial

UNKs coffee shop signage

MarketReading Terminal Market

Carpenters' Hall

Historic siteCarpenters' Hall

First Bank of the United States

SightFirst Bank of the United States

SightSchmidt's Commons

SightCedar Grove

SightMartin Luther King Mural & Monument

SightCathedral Basilica of Sts Peter & Paul

SightOne Liberty Observation Deck

SightGershman Y

SightAutumn Revisited

SightComcast Innovation & Technology Center

SightKrishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology

SightIsaiah Zagar House

SynagogueRodeph Shalom Synagogue

SightBolt of Lightning... A Memorial to Benjamin Franklin

SightArchitecture

SightGateway to Chinatown: Colors of Light

SightCommon Threads Mural

SightLittle Berlin

SightSettlement Roots

SightPhiladelphia Art Alliance at the University of the Arts

MonumentPavilion in the Trees

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