Philadelphia has an incredible amount of history and is very overlooked as a tourist destination. In Center City, just seconds from some of the most important historical sites, is the Mikveh Israel Synagogue that has been continuously operating since 1740. (Yes, it is Orthodox, but if you spend a Shabat there as I once did you will notice a lot of unusual minhagim as it uses the rare Western European Sefardic nusach.) It is also cheap to get to on public transit either by bus, or by NJ Transit/SEPTA trains changing at Trenton, taking you right to the historic area.
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