A Polish Shrine

These footsteps signal that Ona (aka Oney) Judge, a 23-year-old seamstress for Martha Washington, fled from the President’s House in Philadelphia on May 21,1796.

This exhibit recognizes Pennsylvania as the first state to enact Clean Slate legislation and clear eligible criminal records.

The Philadelphia Flower Show is both the nation’s largest and the world’s longest-running event of its kind.

I wondered if it were Edgar Allan Poe … because of the unique mustache. But when I asked about the painting inside the Burke & Payne barber shop there, no one seemed to know.

To celebrate the holidays, Reading Terminal Market – which descended from Philadelphia’s first market – set up Gingerbread Lane this year, with over 600 gingerbread houses on it.

“Land Buoy” mimics the spiral staircases common in small 3-story “Trinity Houses” in Philly.

Ben Franklin and William Penn never met.

This bas relief of King George II on the east side of Christ Church is thought to be the only surviving outdoor homage to English royalty on any public building in the original 13 Colonies.

The reading room at The Athenaeum of Philadelphia is just spectacular. Recently updated, it now includes modern technology that was sadly lacking before

If you look carefully, you can count four Philadelphia fire marks on the front of Carpenters’ Hall. They mean the property is insured for fire.

Peering through her window, partially hidden behind the shade, a woman studies the passersby.

This house has busybody at the top, a firemark, a historical marker and even a Franklin Street Lamp!

This “greenway” in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia extends William Penn’s groundbreaking plan for his city.

This 3-mirror device called a “busybody” allows residents to see who’s at their door without being seen.

The once-proud SS United States sits quietly at its berth on South Columbus Boulevard, seemingly deteriorating in front of our very eyes.

“Philada Book of Just Hours” is located at the southwest entrance to the Criminal Justice Center, Juniper and Filbert Street.