Few early settlers were as interested in Indians as William Penn. He studied the local Lenape’s customs, culture, diet, religion and langu...

Our esteemed founding fathers gave us liberty and independence but they weren’t very sober. Statistically, they drank three times more boo...

Former Inquirer columnist Steve Lopez: “It’s a city of bottom feeders. With no bottom.”   Author Bill Bryson: “Philadelphia, the city...

One of the most fun-loving Philadelphians of the 18th century was artist Charles Willison Peale, who outlived three wives, fathered 17 kid...

It’s one of the more famous (or infamous) headlines to appear In the Philadelphia Daily News.  It refers to golfing great Ben Hogan... ...

A teacher who once taught at Bensalem High School often recalled the day he chewed-out a misbehaving student.   It happened in the 1960s ...

Yet more clever named businesses in Philadelphia. (yes, these are/were real places!) Hairs Janet (hair dresser) Miss Demeanor (wome...