Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Seeing Rocky

Some know them as the Art Museum steps, but anyone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, know them as Rocky’s steps, as he famously climbs up them at the end of his training montage.

Tragically, this statue sits at the bottom of the stairs.

After all, if you can conquer steps, you can conquer any opponent.

Funky Art Museum (currently empty) parking lot.

We, like many other people, didn’t even step inside the art gallery–which is quite sad actually.

But we did run up the stairs…you know, to conquer the Russians.

And make our best Rocky pose.

But we did have a great walk to get to the Art Museum, where you see plenty of other art work and every nation’s flag along the journey to Rocky.

The arduous walk to the Rocky steps (ok, maybe a mile or less from the city).

The long walk back into town…with alphabetically aligned nation flags.

Statue outside of the Art Museum.