The following comprises a list of sites of interest (attractions) in Philadelphia and its immediate environs:
Historic sites and national parks
American Philosophical Society Hall
Belmont Mansion
Benjamin Franklin National Memorial
Betsy Ross House
Carpenters' Hall
Colonial Germantown Historic District
Congress Hall
Ebenezer Maxwell House
Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site
Elfreth's Alley
Fairmount Water Works
First Bank of the United States
Fort Mifflin
Franklin Court
Friends Hospital
Founder's Hall, Girard College
Gloria Dei (Old Swedes') Church
Independence Hall
Independence National Historical Park
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Liberty Bell
Memorial Hall
Merchants' Exchange
National Mechanics
New Market, and the surrounding Head House Square Historic District
Pennsylvania Hospital
Philadelphia City Hall
Philadelphia Naval Asylum
Second Bank of the United States
Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial
University of Pennsylvania central campus
Museums
Art
Barnes Foundation
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
La Salle University Art Museum
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Perelman Building
Rodin Museum
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Woodmere Art Museum
Science
Academy of Natural Sciences
Franklin Institute
Insectarium
Mütter Museum
Science History Institute
Wagner Free Institute of Science
History
African American Museum in Philadelphia
American Swedish Historical Museum
Civil War Museum of Philadelphia
Elfreth's Alley
Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Museum and Library
Historical Society of Frankford
Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Museum of the American Revolution
National Constitution Center
National Liberty Museum
National Museum of American Jewish History
Philadelphia History Museum
Historic houses
Belmont Mansion
Betsy Ross House
Bishop White House
Cliveden
Dolley Todd House
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion
Elfreth's Alley Museum
Germantown White House
Glen Foerd on the Delaware
Grumblethorpe
Hill-Keith-Physick House
Historic RittenhouseTown
Historic Strawberry Mansion
John Johnson House
Lemon Hill
Marian Anderson Museum and Birthplace
Mount Pleasant
Powel House
Ryerss Museum and Library
Stenton
Sweetbriar
Upsala
Woodford
Wyck House
Other
Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Concord School House
Eastern State Penitentiary
The Fabric Workshop and Museum
Free Library of Philadelphia
Library Company of Philadelphia
Living Loft Puppet Museum
Mario Lanza Museum
Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania
Mummers Museum
National Shrine of Saint John Neumann
Philadelphia Doll Museum
Please Touch Museum
Polish American Cultural Center Museum
Romanian Folk Art Museum
Rosenbach Museum & Library
SEPTA Museum
Shofuso Japanese House and Garden
Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum
USS Becuna (SS-319) USS Olympia (C-6)
Galleries
Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania
Center for Art in Wood
The Design Center of Philadelphia University
Drexel University Collection
Fleisher Art Memorial
The Galleries at Moore College
Painted Bride Art Center
Paradigm Gallery and Studio
Philadelphia Art Alliance
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
The Print Center
Tyler School of Art
Outdoors
Animal life institutions
Adventure Aquarium (in Camden, New Jersey) John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum Philadelphia Zoo The Schuylkill Center