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The former home of the "Father of Black History"

This one-time communal home of radical feminist activists was the first lesbian-related landmark on both the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites and the National Register of Historic Places

A popular supernatural horror film based in this quaint Maryland village made it a destination for paranormal pilgrimages, but unbeknownst to many, a real rise awaits on a lonely hill on the edge of town, steeped in local legend

A hidden mid-city oasis, built for pollinators amid the concrete of federal buildings

Two columns and a path leading into the woods at Fort Bennett Park are all that remain of a custom-built, Bavarian-inspired castle

This historic train depot transports visitors to an early 20th-century world before desegregation

The only remaining building from the original 1800 Isle of Wight Courthouse Complex

A farmhouse where soldiers left their marks on the walls and attic

This nondescript row house in downtown Washington, D.C., was the home of a very secretive group for well over a century

An 1830s street scene and roadside relics trace the country’s first great highway

Inside this medieval fortress today is a high-security prison, which sometimes opens its doors to the public as a restaurant

A slice of good old British countryside, hidden in the mountains of western Japan

A lone railway-crossing post, left behind as a modest monument to Tokyo’s mercantile past

The last of Tokyo Disneyland’s whimsical mechanical clocks can be found in Taipei

Established in 1648, the oldest of Tokyo’s restaurants survives today as a tiny tamagoyaki takeout stand

The world's largest KFC restaurant is housed in a historic railway station in Azerbaijan's capital city

This natural spring was once an important source of freshwater for the salty (former) island of Naha

In the dollmaking capital of Japan, a museum dedicated to the traditional craft