Huntersville, North Carolina
Carolina Raptor Center
From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.
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Huntersville, North Carolina
From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.
Davidson, North Carolina
The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jamestown may have been the first permanent English settlement in the Americas, but the colonists made landfall at a lesser known cape.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.
Seaford, Delaware
Did the word “hardscrabble” originate from an 18th century Delaware fistfight?
Seaford, Delaware
In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
The final resting place of a physician rescued during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
Brandywine, Maryland
This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.
Brandywine, Maryland
A cemetery and stairs are all that remains of this former church
Port Tobacco, Maryland
A remarkably well-preserved one room schoolhouse that dates back to 1876.
Port Tobacco, Maryland
One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Norlina, North Carolina
The partial realization of a utopian proposal to build a master planned community primarily by and for Black Americans.
Creedmoor, North Carolina
Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.
Durham, North Carolina
Don't be surprised if you see a long-necked dinosaur peeking out from among the trees in Northgate Park.
High Point, North Carolina
This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.
Fort Mill, South Carolina
A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.
Fort Mill, South Carolina
A replica of where the Last Supper was held.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Charlotte, North Carolina
These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.
Chestertown, Maryland
Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.
Middletown, Pennsylvania
On the outskirts of Pennsylvania’s capital city, a reminder of the worst accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history.