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I can answer questions about the city of Philadelphia

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Born and raised here and spend a lot of time trying to get to know the city.

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BSN (Nursing) University of Pittsburgh, 1986

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Philadelphia - Strange things to do in Philly.

Expert: Barbtallica - 8/26/2008

Question
A friend is coming to Philly this weekend and I wanted to take him somewhere strange or unique in Philly. I was wondering if you had any suggestions of where we could go that most people don't think about when they visit Philly. I don't know if this made sense...but thank you.

Answer
These are in no particular order...hope this helps. if the links don't work, just type the title into google search!

-How about the Mutter Museum, it is a museum of medical oddities.

link
http://www.gophila.com/C/Things_to_Do/211/Philadelphia_CultureFiles/210/Museums/...

-take a tour of eastern state penitentiary an old abandoned prison - spooky and with alot of history al capone was in here

link
www.easternstate.org

-there is always a ferry ride and then visit camden, there is walt whitman's grave etc and the aquarium also a rivershark's game is way cheaper than the phillies and alot of fun

link to all sites in camden
http://www.camdenwaterfront.com/attrac.asp

-or how about on spring garden the edgar allen poe house

link
www.nps.gov/edal

-or the rodin museum often gets lost in the shuffle

link
www.rodinmuseum.org/

-there is also the new perelman building to the art museum

link
www.philamuseum.org/perelman

-wednesday's in august have the free concerts in rittenhouse park and they really draw a fun crowd

link
http://www.gophila.com/C/Things_to_Do/211/Top_10_Lists/663/Top_10_Things_to_Do_i...

-the masonic temple (i think tour hours may be limited

link
http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60795-d116663-r5009414-Masonic_Templ...

-and last but not least, if you are hungry...try reading terminal market

link
http://www.readingterminalmarket.org/

-or you cant beat china town and it is open late and has cool stores!

ok, let me know what you decide and how it worked out if you dont mind...have fun,
Barb
doomzquad@yahoo.com

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