Places Edited by Ian Hall

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

This Queens beer hall preserves a German culture and language that is all but lost.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.