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Philadelphia, PA
3
Miles From Center City Philly:
A 90-Foot Obelisk The Height of A 15 Story Building
The tallest funerary monument in America is as tall as a 15-story building and stands at the The Woodlands Cemetery. A 90-foot granite obelisk marks the tomb for Thomas Wiltberger Evans, a dentist who died in 1897. The tombstone, however, was not c . . .
The tallest funerary monument in America is as tall as a 15-story building and stands at the The Woodlands Cemetery. A 90-foot granite obelisk marks the tomb for Thomas Wiltberger Evans, a dentist who died in 1897. The tombstone, however, was not completed for another 20 years.
Philadelphia, PA
3
Miles From Center City Philly:
A Victorian Natural Science & History Museum
The Wagner Institute's 19h-century exhibit hall houses an extraordinary collection of natural history specimens including mounted birds and mammals, fossils, rocks and minerals, insects, shells, dinosaur bones, and the first American saber-toothed ti . . .
The Wagner Institute's 19h-century exhibit hall houses an extraordinary collection of natural history specimens including mounted birds and mammals, fossils, rocks and minerals, insects, shells, dinosaur bones, and the first American saber-toothed tiger, discovered on a museum-sponsored expedition t . . .
Philadelphia, PA
3
Miles From Center City Philly:
One of A Kind Historic Estate, Garden & Cemetery
Estate and garden of famous Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton. The Woodlands' 54-acre undulating landscape is at once a one-of-a-kind 18th-century English pleasure garden, 19th-century rural cemetery, and a modern green oasis for its neighbors in . . .
Estate and garden of famous Philadelphia lawyer Andrew Hamilton. The Woodlands' 54-acre undulating landscape is at once a one-of-a-kind 18th-century English pleasure garden, 19th-century rural cemetery, and a modern green oasis for its neighbors in bustling University City and West Philadelphia. T . . .
Philadelphia, PA
4
Miles From Center City Philly:
Grave of Fictional Movie Character
Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery is a fake gravestone for the fictional film character Adrian Balboa, wife of Rocky Balboa. The gravestone was used during filming of one of the Rocky movies.
Located at Laurel Hill Cemetery is a fake gravestone for the fictional film character Adrian Balboa, wife of Rocky Balboa. The gravestone was used during filming of one of the Rocky movies.
Philadelphia, PA
4
Miles From Center City Philly:
Oldest Swedish Museum In America
Founded in 1926, this is the oldest Swedish museum in the United States. Marking the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the museum's founder, Dr. Amandus Johnson inspired a group of committed, successful Swedish-Am . . .
Founded in 1926, this is the oldest Swedish museum in the United States. Marking the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the museum's founder, Dr. Amandus Johnson inspired a group of committed, successful Swedish-Americans to build the Museum as a permanent monumen . . .
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