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Oliver Evans: Discoveries and Innovations

In the late 18th century, Delaware native Oliver Evans built a...

Who Created the First Electronic Computer (ENIAC)?

The development of the world's first automatic electronic digital computer, ENIAC,...

The Steerable Sled: An Invention from Philadelphia

In the 19th century, Philadelphians loved to go sledding. Adults and...

Dietz & Watson: Philadelphia’s Premium Deli Producers

In 1939, Gottlieb Dietz and Walter Watson crossed paths in Philadelphia....

Tastykake: The Philadelphia Snack Phenomenon

For over 100 years, the Tastykake company has been a Philadelphia...

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Belmont Plateau: A Test of Character on Pennsylvania’s Most Famous Cross-Country Course

In the heart of Philadelphia lies a place where...

The Sedgley Woods Phenomenon: How Philadelphia Became the Cradle of American Disc Golf

In the shade of century-old oaks in East Fairmount...

The Cultural Code of Magic Gardens: How Isaiah Zagar Turned South Street into a Mosaic Labyrinth

In the late 1960s, Philadelphia’s South Street was on...

The Sound of Philadelphia: How 1970s Soul and Soul-Funk Reshaped Global Pop Music

While Detroit's Motown Records was churning out polished, radio-ready...

Mummers Parade: Behind the Scenes of Philadelphia’s Oldest Folk Tradition

Every year on January 1, while most of the...
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