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Colonial America

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wood Street Steps

It is the oldest remaining stairway William Penn created to give Philadelphia citizens access to the port area.

Scituate, Massachusetts

Gravesite of Justice Willam Cushing

Cushing was one of the founders of the United States and his grave is located in a tiny, odd, tucked-away state park with very little signage.

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Timothy Dexter’s William Pitt Statue

The last surviving life-size sculpture owned by eccentric 18th century businessman and self-styled "Lord Timothy Dexter" who once decorated his home with 40 of these.

Stevensburg, Virginia

Salubria

A rare example of pre-Revolutionary war Georgian-style architecture in Virginia's Piedmont region.

New Braintree, Massachusetts

Siege of Brookfield Historic Markers

Solitary stones tell the story of an early battle in one of colonial America’s most brutal and forgotten wars.

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Pilgrim Fathers Church

This 15th century church is where the Pilgrims spent their last night in the Netherlands before setting sail for America.

Salem, Massachusetts

The Daniels House

An inn older than the Witch Trials.

6 Unique Ways to Revisit History in the Historical Triangle

From tasting dishes developed by Martha Washington to exploring the alleged hiding place of a British general before his surrender, these sites bring the earliest days of the United States to life in surprising ways.

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New York, New York

Wall Street Palisade

Wooden pavers represent a 17th-century barrier that gave Wall Street its name.

Saint Mary's City, Maryland

Freedom of Conscience Statue

A tribute to the forgotten origins of American religious freedom.

Yorktown, Virginia

Moore House

This unassuming home played a pivotal role in American history, essentially putting an end to the Revolutionary War.

Williamsburg, Virginia

Jamestown Glasshouse

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

Annapolis, Maryland

Governor Calvert House’s Hypocaust

A rare 18th-century heating system tucked inside a historic colonial home.

The carved message of CROATOAN, likely a note for rescuers, has also been fodder for supernatural speculation.

The Lingering Mystery of the 'Lost Colony' of Roanoke

From historians to horror writers to white nationalists, attempts to explain the settlement's fate reveal a great deal about our own attitudes.

Colin Dickey April 2, 2025

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Cape Henry Memorial Cross

Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.

A late 16th-century map notes the territory of "Calos" near the southern tip of Florida, but the Calusa actually controlled most of the peninsula's southwest.

Long Before the First Thanksgiving, an Artificial Island in Florida Hosted a Cross-Cultural Feast

Decades before the Wampanoag and Pilgrims shared a meal, the powerful Calusa and their Spanish guests celebrated their new alliance. Spoiler alert: It didn't last.

Karuna Eberl November 15, 2023

An artist's rendering of Black Caesar, Biscayne Bay's notorious pirate, who likely did not exist.

Chasing Black Caesar, Southern Florida's Notorious Pirate

Was the terror of Biscayne Bay a man who escaped slavery, an African chieftain, or a marketing ploy that went viral?

Karuna Eberl September 6, 2023

If not for the Yazoo Land Scandal, Greater Georgia might have encompassed most or all of the current states of Mississippi and Alabama.

The Little-Known Land Fraud That Changed American History

Without this now-obscure land investment scheme, the Yazoo Land Affair, Georgia might have been a "super state."

Frank Jacobs August 25, 2023