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Houses in the Cement City Historic District

Donora, Pennsylvania

Cement City

A neighborhood of houses made of poured concrete through a process invented by Thomas Edison.

Labrador duck

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Extinct Bird Hall

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

Maridon Museum

Butler, Pennsylvania

Maridon Museum

The only museum in the Western Pennsylvania region that focuses on Asian art and Meissen porcelain.

In a small town in southern West Virginia, descendants of the famed Hatfield family distill moonshine the same way their ancestors did over 100 years ago.

Gilbert, West Virginia

Hatfield & McCoy Moonshine

Sample original Hatfield family moonshine at this distillery in southern West Virginia.

The boardwalk at Cranberry Glades.

Hillsboro, West Virginia

Cranberry Glades Botanical Area

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

Berdine’s Five and Dime opened in 1908 in downtown Harrisville, West Virginia.

Harrisville, West Virginia

Berdine's Five and Dime

Step back in time at this historic variety store, packed with items from a bygone era.

The lookout tower at Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park is a popular vantage point.

Hillsboro, West Virginia

Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

An eight-foot bronze statue honoring the legacy of John Henry stands at the entrance of the Great Bend Tunnel in Talcott, West Virginia.

Talcott, West Virginia

John Henry Monument

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

Starrucca Viaduct circa 1920

Susquehanna, Pennsylvania

Starrucca Viaduct

Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.

'The Gumball Machine'

Wilmington, Delaware

'The Gumball Machine'

In Wilmington's hip Trolley Square neighborhood, a utility box has been repainted to resemble a classic gumball machine.

Alluvial Decoder at Crabtree Creek

Raleigh, North Carolina

Alluvial Decoder at Crabtree Creek

A curious art piece along a lovely biking trail marks several historic floods via a series of colorful poles that represent floodwater heights.

Glen Rock

Glen Rock, New Jersey

Glen Rock

The 570-ton boulder that gave a New Jersey town its name.

This small ticket office in a public park was first built in 1832.

New Castle, Delaware

New Castle-Frenchtown Railroad Ticket Office

Delaware's first railroad lasted only five years and spanned only 16 miles, but its ticket office has survived for two centuries.

This North Wilmington playground is named in honor of its most famous former neighbor, Bob Marley.

Wilmington, Delaware

One Love Park

Before he was "Bob Marley, international reggae superstar," he was "Donald Marley," a Delaware resident and forklift operator working under an assumed name. This park tells the story.

The Fountain of Youth may be found in Lewes, Delaware.

Lewes, Delaware

The Fountain of Youth

What if the Fountain of Youth was actually found in Delaware? One historic coastal town believes it to be true.

The former site of the inn is now a municipal plaza named Seaford Gateway Park.

Seaford, Delaware

Site of the Tilly Escape

In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.

The entrance to Green Duke Village.

Norlina, North Carolina

Soul City

The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.

The Curtis Mill Park Plaza. Bricks from the mill's smokestack were used in the plaza's construction.

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.

The menhaden fishing net reel that was vital to Lewes's maritime history.

Lewes, Delaware

Menhaden Fishing Net Reel

This controversial reel is an artifact of the largest fish processing plant in the country, and a symbol of Delaware's integration.

The Triple Crossing

Richmond, Virginia

The Triple Crossing

Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.

The historic sign and replica building marking the birthplace of the commercial broiler chicken industry.

Ocean View, Delaware

Cecile Steele's Chicken House

The mistake that launched the commercial broiler chicken industry is immortalized in the town where it took place.

Landis Brothers' House.

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Landis Valley Museum

This museum focuses on the history and culture of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.

This ham-cured tomahawk pork chop is enlivened with a strawberry and hibiscus gastrique.

Bristol, Virginia

Hickory

This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.

The marker at the entrance to historic Packet Alley in New Castle, Delaware.

New Castle, Delaware

Packet Alley

Many of the most significant figures in American history once hopped on a stagecoach in this alleyway on their way to more noteworthy destinations.

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