Itinerary 1 itinerary
Day 1
Meet at meeting point: Grim Philly Twilight Tours 523 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, United States We meet directly "outside" the Market Street doors of the Independence Visitor Center, 599 Market Street, Philadelphia Pa 19106. We are located across the street from The Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in Philadelphia's Old City Historic District.Attractions and Activities: Liberty Bell (Free entry) Not your typical Liberty Bell, this Dark Philly Adult Night Tour nonetheless traverses the path's of our Founding Fathers and doubles as a historical and sightseeing tour that includes mature-audience content and ghost stories. We walk directly up to The Liberty Bell and will discuss its history, damage, and significance in American history and as an icon of These United States. 5 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Independence Hall (Free entry) Independence Hall where the Declaration and Constitution were signed sits directly across the street from a known brothel and den of iniquity in where statesman and sports alike were known to frequent. Contextualizing debates for independence, the war, and founding of The United States with baser urges, philandering, and the sex industry in 1776 is what you will here in this location. 15 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: President's House Site (Free entry) The home lived in by George Washington, John Adams, (and Benedict Arnold) was not always revered the way it is today. Contextualized on this site will be the presidencies and military governorship occurring on this spot, along with darker histories of the location both during and after the revolutionary period; including the significance of archaeological excavations to the revelations. 10 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Congress Hall (Free entry) Significant for the inaugurations two American President's and early debates of our young nation while Philadelphia was America's capital...information on this site will flesh out the darker aspects of those men who sat in congress and senate here. We have a daytime tour exploring the rosier side of our founders. This tour is not that. And explores the darker side of America's founding by imperfect men, flawed and motivated (on occasion) by self-interest and lust. 10 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Washington Square (Free entry) Thousands of American Traitors were executed here by the British Crowne and buried in mass graves on this site. We visit them, contextualize the suffering, and retell the ghost stories and haunted lore here. 10 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Walnut St (Free entry) Walnut Street PRISON will be visited here. 10 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: City Tavern Restaurant (Free entry How to visit:No indoor visits) Haunted tales of ghosts will be told here at this site which dates back to the colonial era.
Attractions and Activities: Merchant Exchange Building (Free entry) ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S HOME site where he lived here in Philadelphia will be visited along with the Merchants Exchange Building which sites across the street. We discuss here less known facets of The Founder's personality, his often troubling relations with other Founding Fathers, and the affairs in which he engaged. 10 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: First Bank of the United States (Free entry How to visit:No indoor visits) Haunted tales and ghost stories will be told about this bank which was pushed for by Alexander Hamilton
Attractions and Activities: Second Bank of the United States Portrait Gallery (Free entry How to visit:No indoor visits) Tales of ghosts and duels will be told here at this site which was pushed for by Alexander Hamilton
Attractions and Activities: Library Company of Philadelphia (Free entry) Founded by Benjamin Franklin and home to University of Pennsylvania surgical students; we retell the haunting history of the location including ghost lore of the structure. Grave robbery and bizarre medical practices of the eighteenth century also are explored. 5 min(s)
Attractions and Activities: Todd House (Free entry How to visit:No indoor visits) Home of future first lady Dolly Madison
Attractions and Activities: Benjamin Rush Garden (Free entry How to visit:No indoor visits) Tales of yellow fever and apparitions
Guests leave on their own: Merchant Exchange BuildingEnd the tour on your own and bring your trip to a happy conclusion Philadelphia County,Pennsylvania,United States ALEXANDER HAMILTON's home site across the street from the Merchant's Exchange Building is where we end, overlooking the back gardens of The City Tavern...south of Second Street and at the edge of Welcome Park at the corner of Second Street and Walnut Street.
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