Philly has so many layers of American history that it’s hard to take it all in. Like most first-time visitors, I was ...

The Ambassador Theatre in Southwest Philadelphia is one of the few remaining buildings in the city that once housed a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Philadelphia skyline - F11photo/Getty As the city where famous Founding Fathers signed the Declaration of Independence and the ...

Philadelphia is adding a new yearlong celebration to the mix of patriotic festivities in 2026 as the United States marks its 250th birthday. The "52 Weeks of Firsts" festival will highlight the city's ...

Kaitlin Healy (right) is a new performer with Historic Philadelphia who will perform at the Betsy Ross House as a colonial-era laundress named Susanna Cooke. She is getting notes from longtime ...

"Part of old Philadelphia, a map showing historic buildings & sites from the founding until the early nineteenth century, compiled by Grant Miles Simon": 1 folded map in pocket. Also issued online.

The Trump administration has secretly replaced a historical exhibit about slavery with a whitewashed one “under the cover of ...

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts entrance, featuring Claes Oldenburg's "Paint Torch" (2011) (photo Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic) The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), the oldest ...

Several key historical American landmarks are threatened by climate change, and there's a move to look for solutions to avoid further degradation of structures like Fort Mifflin. Philadelphia is ...

Philadelphia has been gearing up for 2026 for years, but the size of what's coming is only now becoming clear. City officials expect up to 1.5 million visitors for America's 250th anniversary ...

The percentage of properties in Philadelphia that are historically protected from demolition has doubled since 2016, a new report by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia said. The ...