This one comes to us via a reader, who indeed points us to one of the more mind-boggling locations in the city: Just walked past here the other day for like the 90th time and had a strange moment in which i gained an of understanding how what the fuck it is. View Larger Map [...]

It’s kind of like the Death Star meets the Hudsucker Proxy. Today’s place we cannot understand comes to us via a reader, who asks,”Is the Wanamaker building entrance from the Walnut/Locust-13th/Market SEPTA hallway some kind of a Philly native secret?” We’d say it was beyond being merely just a Philly native secret — a la [...]

And we quote: “It’s the fucking end of the world in there, man!” Previously: Places We Can’t Understand: Zee Bar

View Larger Map This week, Wawa will thrown down untold piles of dollars (and a 4.5 ton hoagie) and create even more goodwill for itself by being the branded-in sponsor of the Welcome America festivities, all but one of which take place in Center City. But this, of course, flies in the face of the [...]

Our very own intern Jim has spent his last ten years living in the strange, distant land of Delaware County. Every day, he comes across strange and confusing places. Here is one of them. The Lee’s Hoagie House on MacDade Boulevard in Folsom used to have one of the better steak sandwiches in Delco. When [...]

In the five years since it’s been open, we haven’t really given much thought to Zee Bar, the after-hours club that’s next to Delilah’s in that strip mall at Front and Spring Garden, across from the gas station where they sell bongs. But just last week, a friend dragged us there — it was late, [...]

Philadelphia is a town steeped in rich culture. Not to get all history lesson on you, but after you’ve been around for a while, weird-looking places start catching your eye. While most of them are benign, some look like there should be a spiral staircase to leading to a secret, smokey basement. There are plenty [...]

I took this picture a few years ago. I’m not even sure if it is still there. Pretty sure it was on Haverford Ave in West Philly near 52nd Street. It may not be good news but it always struck me as odd (needless to say, I don’t understand). Indeed, we looked it up, and [...]

If you’ve ever been to The Gallery and really had to use the bathroom, you have surely found yourself faced with a difficult question: Do I sacrifice my dignity and use my pants or do I sacrifice my dignity and use the bathroom? If you’ve never found yourself faced with that situation, count yourself blessed [...]

This is only our third entry into our Places We Can’t Understand category here on Philebrity, but already, it’s looking pretty clear that the category should really be named, “Places We Can’t Understand (But Love Anyway).” And while the first two focused on weird corners of the city, for this one, let’s take it back [...]

I mean, yes, we understand it: The Fifth Street Tunnel is there so you can zoom from Old City straight through to Northern Liberties while the rest of the lemmings clog the foot of the Ben Franklin Bridge. That much we get. But do ever get the feeling that the Fifth Street Tunnel isn’t telling [...]

Every big city walks a balance between a kind of Tetris, where everything just fits together, and creative genius, where instead, things just fall into place. And then there are the places that don’t fit into either of those columns: Lost rooms and corners that could easily be a portal to another world or remnants [...]