Places Edited by Ian Hall

Mass grave of 50 unidentified French Soldiers who died at the Siege of Yorktown, 1781, that gave victory to the American Revolution.

In 1932, Americans honored their first president's 200th birthday by planting trees.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

The last funhouse of its kind, where guests enter through the mouth of an 80-year-old blue whale.

This mill played a key role in the region’s development and it is just one of ten along the east coast of the United States.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

Sip creative cocktails in the former vault of the Riggs Bank.

The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

The branches of this sprawling cedar tree are laden with wishes big and small.

An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.

This heritage rail line meanders through Delaware’s Red Clay Valley.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

Political activist and writer Thomas Paine once lodged at this location.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.

One of only two sites in the United States containing the remains of Buddha.

The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.

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

This school was designed to support the rebuilding of African American schools around Delaware.

The origin of these small islands' sweet names is a local mystery.

A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

This small hilltop church weaves the urban history of Washington, D.C. with the national history of the United States.