We kind of love the Edgar Allan Poe House on 7th and Spring Garden, where the writer lived from 1838-1844. We love it because some of our favorite pieces of his work, including Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, were published while he lived there. We love it because it means we can claim Poe as a native son. And we love it for being completely empty. (So! Creepy!) Tomorrow, there's another reason to......

UPDATE: A water main broke at about 5AM in front of the University of Pennsylvania's new Life Science Building, flooding the streets in three-foot deep rapids. The flow was stopped and the water has since subsided, but as of 7:30AM, University Avenue between 38th Street and Grays Ferry Avenue was closed while repair continued on the broken water main. Woodland Avenue is an alternate route. Ramps on and off I-76 at University Ave. were......

Edward Pettit wrote an enlightening cover story for this week's edition of the City Paper, proposing the relocation of Edgar Allan Poe's grave site to our fine city. The old chap lived here for six tumultuous years. He wrote here, drank here, and likely enjoyed the more potent aspects of the poppy seed here, too. Pettit's argument is lucid and informative and we would love to see Poe's return. However, there is little to suggest......

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. This is an old article, but new to us: an organization called Jupiter Scientific does some calculations to estimate how many of the atoms in your average living human being originated within William Shakespeare. The answer: about 200 billion! Now that's some real science there. (Via) Check out this hot Japanese Galaga T-shirt. Too bad you have to......

What's new and/or interesting in Philly theaters this weekend. The History Boys - Uncle Vernon from the Harry Potter movies (Richard Griffiths) plays a lovable history teacher attempting the impossible task of getting his unruly students into Oxford or Cambridge - but more important to him is that they become better, more rounded human beings. Adapted from the Broadway play by the playwright himself (Alan Bennett), and featuring the Broadway cast, this one looks like......

On a sunny, warm October afternoon, we thought the Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site didn’t look too scary. It’s a red brick house that sits on the corner of 7th Street and Spring Garden, looking a little out of place among the newer, uglier buildings. But Poe lived there for about a year, and that was enough to make it the site chosen by the National Park Service as their memorial to this......

Is Betsy Ross's house haunted? What about Arch Street Meeting House? Christ Church Burial Ground? The Free Quaker Meeting House? (Are none of our historical hotspots free from ghosts?) Take the Cobwebs and Cobblestones twilight candlelight tour and find out for sure - through the tales of some helpful, historical characters...including one-time Philadelphia resident and Mr. Meloncholy himself, Edgar Allan Poe. And if the creepiness isn't enough to lure you in, cookies and cider......