Travel Guide:philadelphia
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This Is the Quirkiest New Year’s Day Celebration in America
By Christian Carollo / Say Hello to America New Year’s Day is about celebrating, and there’s no better place to ring in the new year than at the Philadelphia’s Mummers Parade, a 116-year-old tradition in which 10,000 men and women dressed in colorfully lavish costumes twirl and strut down the heart of the city. If you enjoy a unique experience and a lively party, then Philadelphia is the perfect place for you to begin 2016! WATCH: A Psychic Tour of America’s Most Haunted City Let Yahoo Travel in
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18 Things You Have to Do While You're in Philly for the Pope
Hundreds of thousands of people are descending on the city of Philadelphia in anticipation of Pope Francis’ Mass on the city’s Ben Franklin Parkway. Everyone knows the Philadelphia tourist standbys. You run up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and pump your fists in the air like Rocky. You get a cheese-steak from Pat’s, you get a cheese steak from Geno’s.
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Philly: The Ultimate 4th of July Destination?
What better place to celebrate Independence Day than in the city where the United States was born? The City of Brotherly Love boasts a week-long celebration called Wawa Welcome America, featuring a wide range of events such as free admission to several museums, free movie screenings in iconic locations, free hoagies on Wawa Hoagie Day, concerts, parades, and of course fireworks.
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March Madness Smackdown: Which Top-Seeded School Is Best to Visit?
The selection committee has spoken and picked its top-seeded teams for each bracket of the NCAA men’s basketball championship. The sports blogs are filled with analysis of championship potential of each of the No. 1 seeds: Kentucky, Villanova, Duke, and Wisconsin.
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8 Reasons to Tour Al Capone's Former Prison
Camera in hand, I recently explored Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP), an icon of the world’s early penal system and now a functional ruin that is both strangely beautiful and utterly fascinating. Defined by Wikipedia as “the capture of urban decay and decline in the post-industrial zones of the world,” ruin porn is a favorite among photography lovers, and Eastern State could be its poster child.
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#SummerTravel The BEST Fried Chicken in America
From Nashville hot to Pacific Rim panko-crusted, there’s one thing we can agree on when it comes to fried chicken: we want it — now.
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20 of Philly's Best Boozy Brunch Deals
Everyone knows that people in Philly love brunch almost as much as they love cheesesteaks, and enjoy adult beverages so much that people here actually order picklebacks. So obviously, the ideal meal involves both of them at the same time, and hopefully doesn’t cost that much — hence our ‘hood-by-‘hood breakdown of Philly’s booziest morning (or afternoon!) eats deals.
