This oddity museum is not for the queasy. Steel your stomach and learn how a local woman turned into soap after burial. Read more.
What else can you say about Isaiah Zagar? He's a magic (gardens) man. The fun, funky Magic Gardens includes a fully mosaiced indoor gallery & a massive outdoor labyrinthine mosaic sculpture.
During the Constitutional Conv. here, Ben Franklin wondered whether the sun carved into George Washington’s chair symbolized the rising or the setting of the new nation. He decided it was rising. Read more.
As you wander the six rooms and basement, you'll conjure images of the erratic and gifted Poe, who lived here. Tours are self-guided or led by a park ranger from Wednesday-Sunday. Admission is free.
Check out one of the oldest mineral collections in the country and the first American saber-toothed tiger. Read more.
Peer outside the bookstore and you'll spot an eerie anatomical model. What appears to be string art is the nervous system of a college cleaning woman who willed her body to science in 1888.
This is one of the only places in the world where a rock can be struck with an object to produce a series of musical tones. Don't believe us? Try it.
Barack Obama delivered his memorable speech on race in March 2008 at the National Constitution Center, and Obama and Hillary Clinton debated here in April 2008 during the Democratic primary race.
Visitors to the Space Command area can interact with 30 exhibits including the Research Station, an 8 foot telescope, and a Remote Command area where you help to track down an unmanned space probe. Read more.
