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3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Newark, Delaware

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Iron Hill School No. 112C

This school was designed to support the rebuilding of African American schools around Delaware.
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Newark, Delaware

Curtis Mill Park

This wildflower meadow was once the site of America's oldest operating paper mill and a symbol of Newark's manufacturing past.

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Delaware Wedge Plaque

Two states disputed a square-mile slice of land for more than a century
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Brookside, Delaware

Grave of Thomas Ogle

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.
2 miles from Newark

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Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.
3 miles from Newark
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Landenberg, Pennsylvania

Mason-Dixon Line Marker “Mile 1”

The first marker along the famous boundary.
4 miles from Newark

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Wilmington & Western Railroad

This heritage rail line meanders through Delaware’s Red Clay Valley.
7 miles from Newark
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