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The smallest and oldest covered bridge in Delaware.

One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.

This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.

Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

This hidden treasure provides a charming access point along the south side of Baker Park.

In 1889, a small group of women began meeting to discuss literature, art, and other topics. Their every-other-week salon grew into a lending library that still exists today.

Inside this 150-year-old barn turned antique shop is a vast array of items for curios hunters.

Designated as an Underground Railroad research site.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

The oldest automobile museum in the United States.

A unique columnar residence built in the 19th century.

This tower commemorates the spot where George Washington hoisted the Grand Union flag.

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

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

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."