Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

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Rivers & Roads in Song near Lansdowne

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Lansdowne.

Interstate 95 13 songs New Jersey Turnpike 4 songs

History of Lansdowne

The Mütter Museum RoadyGoat

1858

At 19 South 22nd Street in Philadelphia, inside the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the Mütter Museum keeps a collection of medical oddities and anatomical specimens — over 37,000 of them, with roughly a tenth on display. Its stars include the Soap Lady, a 19th-century woman whose body naturally turned to a soap-like substance called adipocere; the Hyrtl Skull Collection of 139 human skulls assembled by Viennese anatomist Josef Hyrtl; and a set of microscope slides of Albert Einstein's brain. (Contrary to the popular line, the museum holds thin tissue slides of Einstein's brain, not the whole organ.) Towering over the main gallery is the Mütter American Giant, at 7 feet 6 inches the tallest human skeleton on exhibit in North America.

5.1 mi away

The Rocky Steps RoadyGoat

1976

The seventy-two stone steps on the east face of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, at 2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, are the 'Rocky Steps' Sylvester Stallone sprinted up in the 1976 film, fists raised at the top. Tourists run them daily. The companion bronze 'Rocky' statue, commissioned by Stallone and made by sculptor A. Thomas Schomberg, first appeared at the top of the steps in 1982 for 'Rocky III.' The city argued it was a movie prop, not art, and exiled it to the Spectrum arena; it returned to a pedestal near the foot of the steps in 2006. (Note: in 2026 the statue was moved indoors for the museum's 'Rising Up: Rocky and the Making of Monuments' exhibition, so its exact spot can shift, but the steps themselves never move.) Painted footprints once marked the top.

5.2 mi away

The Toynbee Tiles: Philadelphia's Sidewalk Mystery RoadyGoat

1983

The Toynbee Tiles are dozens of small handmade plaques pressed flat into the asphalt of Center City Philadelphia, most clustered along Chestnut Street, with copies found in roughly two dozen other U.S. cities. Each carries a version of the same cryptic text: "TOYNBEE IDEA / IN MOVIE '2001 / RESURRECT DEAD / ON PLANET JUPITER." They began appearing in Philadelphia around 1983, and for decades no one knew who made them. The 2011 documentary "Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles," which won the U.S. Documentary directing award at Sundance, builds the case that the maker was a reclusive South Philadelphia man who dropped the tiles through a hole cut in his car floor, letting traffic press them into the road. He was never caught. Many original tiles have since been paved over and survive only in photographs. (Sources: Wikipedia; Paste; spottedbylocals.)

RoadyGoat → · 5.9 mi away

Independence Hall

1732

Where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were debated and signed.

6.5 mi away

Eastern State Penitentiary

1829

Revolutionary prison that pioneered solitary confinement as a reform concept, once the most expensive building in America.

5.7 mi away

Liberty Bell Center

1751

Iconic cracked bell originally cast for the Pennsylvania State House, later adopted as a symbol by abolitionists.

6.5 mi away

Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier

The Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier, also known as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution, is a war memorial located within Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsyl

Wikipedia → · 6.3 mi away

Washington Square (Philadelphia)

Washington Square, originally designated in 1682 as Southeast Square, is a 6.4 acres (2.6 ha) open-space park in Center City, Philadelphia, The southeast quadrant and one of the five original planned

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Jewelers' Row, Philadelphia

Jewelers' Row, located in the Center City section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, is composed of more than 300 retailers, wholesalers, and craftsmen located on Sansom Street between Seve

Wikipedia → · 6.4 mi away

Things to Do in Lansdowne

historical 5.7 mi away
Eastern State Penitentiary

Al Capone's cell. America's most haunted prison now a crumbling gothic ruin.

Everything Near Lansdowne

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