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W. E. B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite

Great Barrington, Massachusetts

W. E. B. Du Bois Boyhood Homesite

This historic site was where the renowned civil rights activist spent the first five years of his life

Four Corners

Kingston, New York

Four Corners

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

An ornate door

Wingdale, New York

Harlem Valley Psychiatric Center

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

Gaylordsville Spite House

New Milford, Connecticut

Gaylordsville Spite House

The best revenge is a five-tiered layer cake of a dwelling.

Paulinskill Viaduct

Columbia, New Jersey

Paulinskill Viaduct

Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.

Washington Crossing Historic Park

Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania

Washington Crossing Historic Park

The site of the daring river crossing that changed the course of the American Revolution.

Place where you should stop to hear the ghosts

New Hope, Pennsylvania

Van Sant Crybaby Bridge

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

Mars Flying Saucer

Mars, Pennsylvania

Mars Flying Saucer

Could it have picked a better place to land?

Road sign skyline

Meadville, Pennsylvania

PennDOT Road Sign Sculpture Garden

The Pennsylvania landscape depicted by a quarter mile of mosaics made from used road signs.

Modern day appearance of the ruins. of the Austin Dam

Austin, Pennsylvania

Austin Dam

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

The Hadany Arch was built in 1978 east of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Muncy, Pennsylvania

Hadany Arch

This sculpture brings optical illusion to the roadway.

Campus Theatre

Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Campus Theatre

This single-screen Art Deco theater in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania opened its doors in 1941.

Anglers catch bass, trout, walleye, and monster muskies in Tuscarora State Park.

Barnesville, Pennsylvania

Tuscarora State Park

Explore the great outdoors in this popular eastern Pennsylvania park.

Delaware River Viaduct

Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania

Delaware River Viaduct

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

General Braddock's grave

Farmington, Pennsylvania

General Braddock's Gravesite(s)

The penultimate and final resting places of British General Edward Braddock—minus a few bits and pieces.

This is what you'd stand on before you start to break out in a cold sweat and say to yourself, "what was i thinking?".
Permanently Closed

Smithsburg, Maryland

Abandoned Hang-gliding Launch Pad

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

LaVale Toll Gate House

Cumberland, Maryland

LaVale Toll Gate House

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

Casselman's River Bridge today

Grantsville, Maryland

Casselman River Bridge

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

Another view of Explorer.

Milford, Connecticut

Simon Lake's Explorer

The last vessel built by a submarine pioneer stands as a monument to his legacy.

The stylized No. 21 plane on top of the fountain.
Permanently Closed

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Gustave Whitehead Fountain

This monument commemorates an aeronaut who allegedly flew a plane before the Wright brothers.

The Nautilis

Groton, Connecticut

Submarine Force Museum

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.

Mystic Pizza

Groton, Connecticut

Mystic Pizza

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Mystic Seaport

Stonington, Connecticut

Mystic Seaport Museum

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant sign

Danbury, Connecticut

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

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