How to see the Liberty Bell without waiting in a long line

Yellow YO/OY sculpture is bright addition to 5th & Market Streets

3 top Philly sites are being renovated at the same time

You just have to keep your eyes open

Philadelphia public art seems to be everywhere in the city

The bar code was developed by two Drexel University engineers in West Philadelphia.

Steeple at oldest church in Pennsylvania being repainted

Even this Founding Father had neighbor problems

See for yourself

William Penn and Tamanend face off in friendship on Philly’s Market Street.

It split off from Ben Franklin’s original insurance company in Philadelphia

Philly has 4 sculptures by Claes Oldenburg

A small, dark plaque pinpoints Ben Franklin's first print shop on Philadelphia's Market Street

It's a plane. It's a mini-garden. It's amazing

William Penn's Wood Street Steps still attract walk-up tourists

The Swedes and William Penn apparently got along quite well.

I learned this memory aid as a child from my mother, who grew up in West Philadelphia. It still helps me keep track of where I am in the city today.

It contains an abbreviation even older than “Philly.”

It’s where over 1 million people entered the US.

Philadelphia was once the largest city in the U.S. It is now 6th in population.