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Moon over the fort.
West Lafayette, Indiana

Fort Ouiatenon

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.
Hartford, Connecticut

Charter Oak Frame

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.
Dark brown bread and dark brown ale.
Gastro Obscura

Whistle-Belly Vengeance

Colonial Americans would try anything to revive bad beer.
Main gate.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fort Mifflin

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.
A front view of the house as it stands today.
West Chester, Pennsylvania

Brinton 1704 House

Descendants of this colonial Pennsylvania family still travel from far and wide to visit the 300-year-old home of their Quaker ancestors.
Underwater Boston Tea Party.
Somerville, Massachusetts

Underwater Boston Tea Party

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.
Zwaanendael Museum.
Lewes, Delaware

Zwaanendael Museum

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.
Exterior of the tavern.
Alexandria, Virginia

Gadsby's Tavern

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.
Gastro Obscura

Spruce Beer

This Christmas tree elixir kept Vikings and Captain Cook alive.
A red-hot loggerhead is thrust into a mug.
Gastro Obscura

Loggerhead

In the Colonial era, a red-hot iron rod warmed drinks, ignited cannons, and cauterized wounds.
Switchel is also called haymaker's punch and harvest beer.
Gastro Obscura

Switchel

Colonial Gatorade made from vinegar and molasses is back in style.
Exterior of the building.
Newburyport, Massachusetts

Newburyport Maritime Museum

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.
Wash House
Albany, New York

The First Shaker Village

The first American home of the isolated, egalitarian religion has a trove of Shaker architecture and artifacts.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Elfreth's Alley

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Over time, the boundaries agreed to in the 1760s were renegotiated, as shown on this map of the "Southern Indian District of North America," 1775.
maps

Britain's Futile Attempt to Keep American Colonists From Taking Tribal Land

British surveyors and Native American leaders drew a border along the Appalachians. Then the Revolutionary War happened.
Sarah Laskow June 27, 2017
The bell donated by Louis XV, later called the "Liberty Bell of the West"
Chester, Illinois

Liberty Bell of the West

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.
The "Catawba Deerksin Map."
native americans

The Mysteries of a Rare, 18th-Century Native American Map

It may have been more about social and trade relationships than geography.
Sarah Laskow June 5, 2017
A later engraving of the Valley Forge encampment.
weapons

A Stash of 30 Hidden Bayonets Was Discovered in Valley Forge

“No one has ever found this many together.”
Sarah Laskow June 2, 2017