Places Ahuntley Wants to Go

A factory store where more than 150 years of American pottery history is stacked—and still made just beyond the showroom.

Honorable ranks graduating from the prestigious Army War College work hard to maintain their high standards of honor and erase those who don't.

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

This heritage museum highlights the importance of the dairy cow as a vital part of rural Maryland's past, present, and future.

This restored log building was one of the first toll booths for travelers along the Northern Turnpike.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."