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The southward-facing entrance of the house.

Jamestown, Rhode Island

Conanicut Island Lighthouse

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

The Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor

Cincinnati, Ohio

Rookwood Tea Room

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

The village today

Worthington, Pennsylvania

Yellow Dog Village

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

The Wharton Iron Furnace

Farmington, Pennsylvania

Wharton Iron Furnace

This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.

Mount Davis

Salisbury, Pennsylvania

Mount Davis

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

Haines Shoe House

Yorklyn, Pennsylvania

Haines Shoe House

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

Tunnel entrance.

Kennerdell, Pennsylvania

Rockland (Woodhill) Tunnel

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

La Hütte Royal is one of four whole-house art installations in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Troy Hill Art Houses

Discover these whole-house works of art in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood.

Amelia S. Givin Free Library  Front

Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania

Amelia S. Givin Public Library

This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.

The museum has guitars played by musical legends.

Nazareth, Pennsylvania

Martin Guitar Factory

Explore nearly 200 years of guitar-making history

A view of beautiful Hardscrabble,  Delaware.

Seaford, Delaware

Hardscrabble, Delaware

Did the word “hardscrabble” originate from an 18th century Delaware fistfight?

The Hearn Potato House is located in rural Sussex County near Laurel, Delaware.

Woodcrest Estates, Delaware

Hearn Potato House

An abandoned rural reminder of a time when the sweet potato crop was king in Delaware.

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.

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.

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.

Looking up at the Highball Signal.

Delmar, Delaware

Highball Signal

This relic is one of the last survivors of the earliest eras of the American railroad.

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.

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.

This unusual relief depicts a future president serving a cup of coffee to an injured soldier.

Wilmington, Delaware

McKinley Monument

This relief sculpture depicts America’s most famous coffee break.

The Chief Little Owl statue is one of more than 70 works that were made as part of the Trail of Whispering Giants project.

Bethany Beach, Delaware

Chief Little Owl

This monumental sculpture that welcomes visitors to Bethany Beach is a tribute to a regional Nanticoke Indian Tribe leader.

The Corbit-Sharp House is a 22-room Georgian manor that was built during the late 18th century.

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.

Rehoboth Beach Temperance Fountain

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Rehoboth Beach Temperance Fountain

Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.

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.

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.

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