Philadelphia holidays
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10 of the best doo wop venues on the Jersey ShoreDoo wop is a futuristic, gaudy architectural style marrying 1950s space-age dreams with a tropical seaside kiss-me-quick flavour. And the best place to see it is New Jersey’s Wildwood
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Skin deep: macabre Mütter Museum to open exhibit examining our largest organThe Philadelphia museum, home of anatomical oddities from the seventh century BC onward, has a preserved tattoo, a book bound in human skin and a compulsive skin-picker’s jarred peelings for an exhibit launching in December
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Twitter road trips USA: Baltimore to Bar Harbor, day five - liveIt's the last day of the last reader-led US road trip in our series. Vicky Baker starts in Portland, Maine, and heads up the rocky shoreline to Bar Harbor. Help her go out with a huge hurrah
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Twitter road trips USA: Baltimore to Bar Harbor, day four - as it happenedVicky Baker starts the day in Boston before hitting coastal New England proper en route to Portland, Maine. You decide what she does on the way
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Twitter road trips USA: Baltimore to Bar Harbor, day three - liveDay three of our reader-led road trip sees Vicky Baker waking up in Philadelphia, birthplace of America, before heading off up the coast towards Boston, cradle of liberty
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Twitter road trips USA: Baltimore to Bar Harbor, day two - live'Why would anybody ever want to leave Baltimore?' Because Vicky Baker and the team need to reach Philadelphia today to stay on schedule for their five-day reader-led road trip to Maine
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Top 10 restaurants in Philadelphia
Philly's rapidly-evolving restaurant scene holds plenty of adventurous new stuff to try as well as the old favourites. Lily Cope and Joey Sweeney serve up a mix of the two
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Twitter road trips USA: Baltimore to Bar Harbor, day one - liveThe final reader-led road trip sets off today from Baltimore. Over the next five days, Vicky Baker and photographer Greta Rybus will be bringing you live updates of their progress as they head up the east coast bound for Bar Harbor in Maine
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Where to eat the best Philly cheesesteak in Philadelphia
The Philly cheesesteak is a longstanding food favourite. Here's where to find the very best of them, writes blogger Adam Erace
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US east coast food tour: Maine to Maryland
From the seafood of the Maine coast, via Philadelphia's homey treats to the crabs and hot peppers of Chesapeake Bay, the north-eastern USA makes a great greedy person's tour, says Edward Behr
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Top 10 bars in Philadelphia
From a former sleazy strip joint to a "speakeasy" disguised as a launderette, a beer lover's paradise and a jumping music dive, the city has every kind of bar to suit every kind of drinker, says Adam Brodsky
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Philadelphia's food and restaurant renaissance
The cradle of America is being reborn as a food destination. Acclaimed New York chefs are relocating to Philadelphia, and the historic Italian diners face some spicy competition, says Adam Erace
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Twitter road trips USA: send us travel tips for Maryland to Maine
Help plan Vicky Baker's road trip from Baltimore to Bar Harbor by sending tips on offbeat, out-of-the-way places to @GuardianTravel or with our new tool, GuardianWitness
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North-east US: travel experts' Q&ANeed some help with a trip to New York? How about New England? In the last of our US specials, we are heading east. Post your questions for our panel of travel experts
The foodie traveller A Philadelphia cheesesteak sandwich for vegans