Philadelphia Sights: Historic sites

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• Eastern State Penitentiary, 22nd St and Fairmount Ave, www.easternstate.org. "America's Most Historic Prison." It is also the site of an annual Bastille Day recreation. In October, the notoriously haunted penitentiary is home to one of the cities most popular Halloween attraction: the "Terror Behind the Walls" haunted house. This site is accessible by subway (Fairmount stop) as well as the 33 or 48 bus from Center City.

• Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, www.nps.gov/edal. The former home of the famous American author of mystery and the macabre.

• Fairmount Water Works, www.fairmountwaterworks.com. Features information on local watersheds as well as interpretive art.

• Independence National Historic Park, www.nps.gov/inde. Philadelphia's signature historic site in Old City features the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Constitution Hall (home of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution). It also features historic buildings from the city's revolutionary past, approximately 20 of which are open to the public.

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• www.easternstate.org
• www.nps.gov/edal
• www.fairmountwaterworks.com
• www.nps.gov/inde