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Pan Am's First Office

Key West, Florida

Pan Am's First Office

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

The old hanging tree, once outside, now built into the bar.

Key West, Florida

Captain Tony's Saloon

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Tourists flock to the buoy (Flickr/Turtle43)

Key West, Florida

Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The lighthouse.

Key Biscayne, Florida

Cape Florida Lighthouse

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

Lawyer's Farm
Permanently Closed

Thurmont, Maryland

Lawyer's Farm

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

Crystal Grottoes Caverns

Boonsboro, Maryland

Crystal Grottoes Caverns

Bizarre Cavern.

Catoctin Furnace

Thurmont, Maryland

Catoctin Furnace

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

"Triage"

Frederick, Maryland

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

Main gate.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fort Mifflin

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

The wall of Fort Frederick

Big Pool, Maryland

Fort Frederick

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

LaVale Toll Gate House

Cumberland, Maryland

LaVale Toll Gate House

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

Paw Paw Tunnel

Oldtown, Maryland

Paw Paw Tunnel

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

George Washington's Headquarters

Cumberland, Maryland

George Washington's Headquarters

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

This is what you'd stand on before you start to break out in a cold sweat and say to yourself, "what was i thinking?".
Permanently Closed

Smithsburg, Maryland

Abandoned Hang-gliding Launch Pad

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

War Correspondents Memorial

Jefferson, Maryland

War Correspondents Memorial

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

The shape has been compared to that of a milk bottle.

Middletown, Maryland

The (First) Washington Monument

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

Catacombs of Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Catacombs of Washington, D.C.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

George Washington Bathtub, August 2019

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

George Washington Bathtub

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Centralia

Aristes, Pennsylvania

Centralia

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Laurel Hill Cemetery

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

The cave from the front.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cave of Kelpius

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Sculpted figures lounge in the Swann Memorial Fountain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Swann Memorial Fountain

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

The orb knocks over the pegs through the course of the day.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Foucault Pendulum at the Franklin Institute

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The Rocky Statue in front of the Philadelphia Art Museum

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rocky Statue

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