Philadelphia, PA

For the longest time, Philadelphia was a city you passed on your way to New York or Washington. Today, Philly is "hot". National Geographic Traveler Magazine called it "The Next Great City". The city of "brotherly love" (the actual meaning of the word Philadelphia) began with a grant from the British crown to William Penn's father for a debt owed to him by the crown. The Declaration of Independence was written and signed here, the Constitution was adopted here and Betsy Ross made the first…