Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
The Mill at Anselma
This mill has been in continuous operation since before the country’s founding.
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Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Longwood Gardens
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Cats of Longwood Gardens
These lush botanical gardens employ the most purrfect pest control force.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
The Grotto at Longwood Gardens
A secret, ethereal waterfall beneath the picturesque gardens.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Talula’s Table
Marketplace by day, fine dining by night.
Delaware City, Delaware
Fort Delaware
A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.
Odessa, Delaware
Corbit-Sharp House
This historic Georgian mansion contains a hidden room that was used to harbor a fugitive in the days of the Underground Railroad.
Lewes, Delaware
Lewes Town Clock
Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.
Lewes, Delaware
Bunkers of Cape Henlopen State Park
World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.
Washington, D.C.
Georgetown Waterfront
The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.
Washington, D.C.
The Exorcist Stairs
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.
Washington, D.C.
Watergate Steps
Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."
Baltimore, Maryland
Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
Site of Edgar Allan Poe's Death
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
Patterson Park Observatory
This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.
Sarasota, Florida
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Fort Myers, Florida
Edison & Ford Winter Estates
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Bonnet House Museum and Gardens
This oceanfront 1920s house museum offers visitors historic art and rare plants across five distinct ecosystems.
Key West, Florida
Captain Tony's Saloon
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
Pan Am's First Office
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Key West, Florida
Mel Fisher Maritime Heritage Society and Museum
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.
Key West, Florida
Truman's Little White House
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
Hemingway's Last Penny
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
