Biddeford, Maine
Palace Diner
Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.
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Biddeford, Maine
Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.
Jefferson, Maryland
One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.
Frederick, Maryland
Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.
Goshen, Massachusetts
A stunning garden filled with fantastical environmental folk art and sculptures.
Becket, Massachusetts
Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Chatham, New York
Three acres of mythology-inspired sculptures are visible from the highway.
Bronx, New York
A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.
Nelsonville, Ohio
This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.
Waldorf, Maryland
Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Yemassee, South Carolina
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This 15-foot tall obelisk commemorating the Philadelphia-Baltimore railroad connection sat neglected for over a century.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.
Lorton, Virginia
Standing for over 200 years, the abandoned home of a Revolutionary War hero and later a succession of prison superintendents.
Wilmington, Delaware
Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.
Wilmington, Delaware
This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.
Poolesville, Maryland
Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.
Alexandria, Virginia
This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.