Wareham, Massachusetts
Tremont Nail Company
The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.
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Wareham, Massachusetts
The former home of the oldest nail maker in the United States was built on the ashes of a mill burned by the British.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.
Griswold, Connecticut
The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.
Norwich, Connecticut
The site where chief Miantonomo of the Narraganset people was captured.
Norwich, Connecticut
Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.
Preston, Connecticut
Underground tunnels remain beneath this abandoned mental asylum.
Milford, Connecticut
This large boulder was used as a lookout point by Revolutionary War militiamen.
Independence Township, New Jersey
This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.
Hope, New Jersey
Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.
Columbia, New Jersey
Once the world's largest reinforced concrete structure, this abandoned bridge now beckons urban explorers.
Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania
This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.
Bangor, Pennsylvania
This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
A smaller model of the Da Vinci sculpture that took 500 years to come to life.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.
Thurmont, Maryland
The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.
Rocky Ridge, Maryland
First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.
Thurmont, Maryland
Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.
Washington, D.C.
Once a sewer culvert, this road tunnel now offers cyclists and pedestrians a subterranean stroll under the C&O Canal.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.
Richmond, Virginia
Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.
Alexandria, Virginia
Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.
Alexandria, Virginia
The former home of Thomson Francis Mason, the mayor of Alexandria from 1827-1830.
Washington, D.C.
This apartment building designed by a notable Washington D.C. architect housed the Qing Dynasty's Legation.
Bethesda, Maryland
One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.