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Edward Denny

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

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My Location Interests

  • London
  • Philadelphia
  • Washington, D.C.

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    West Virginia Destination Challenge

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    As part of the West Virginia Destination Challenge, this badge celebrates the beginning of your journey through West Virginia's remarkable places. Every place you mark brings you closer to discovering more of what makes the Mountain State unique.

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    As part of the West Virginia Destination Challenge, this badge celebrates your deeper exploration of West Virginia's remarkable places. Your journey has taken you beyond the highlights to uncover even more of what makes the Mountain State extraordinary.

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    Route 66 Exploration Challenge

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    You explored one of America's most iconic highways by marking at least three remarkable places along historic Route 66.

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    25 States Visited

    You've visited 25 U.S. states and are halfway to exploring all 50. Every state has its own hidden wonders, and you're well on your way to discovering them.

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Places I've been

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A Conversation with Oscar Wilde.

London, England

'A Conversation With Oscar Wilde'

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

Charing Cross Storm Tree and plaques.

London, England

Charing Cross Storm Tree

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

Of Alley and the Duke’s Streets

London, England

Of Alley and the Duke’s Streets

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

Point Lookout State Park

Scotland, Maryland

Point Lookout State Park

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

The cliffs at Calvert Cliffs State Park

Lusby, Maryland

Calvert Cliffs State Park

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland

Lexington Park, Maryland

The Commemorative to Enslaved Peoples of Southern Maryland

A ghostly cabin attempts to reverse the erasure of enslaved people through poetry.

Stagg Hall

Port Tobacco, Maryland

Stagg Hall

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

Port Tobacco Schoolhouse

Port Tobacco, Maryland

Port Tobacco Schoolhouse

A remarkably well-preserved one room schoolhouse that dates back to 1876.

The Moll Dyer rock by the Old Jail.

Leonardtown, Maryland

Moll Dyer Rock

The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.

Shipwreck at Mallows Bay, Maryland

Nanjemoy, Maryland

The Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

Small beaches along the Potomac River

Indian Head, Maryland

Chapman State Park

A state park that once served as an important river crossing, and now offers protected lands for endangered plants and animals.

Marshall Hall

Accokeek, Maryland

Marshall Hall

The ruins of an 18th-century mansion that was once named "Mistake" by the man who had it built.

McKendree Cemetery

Brandywine, Maryland

McKendree Cemetery

This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.

Fountain Hills Fountain

Fountain Hills, Arizona

Fountain Hills Fountain

An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.

The Jericho Covered Bridge

Kingsville, Maryland

Jericho Covered Bridge

Scary stories haunt this wooden bridge.

Addams Family Silhouettes

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall

This fine arts hall honors the mastermind behind our beloved creepy and kooky Addams Family.

Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Fried cheese curds are pure crunch and nostalgia.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fox & Son Fair Foods

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

Labrador duck

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Extinct Bird Hall

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.

The Thinker, Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, Ohio

The Thinker

This Rodin sculpture in Cleveland bears the lasting marks of a 1970 bombing.

The Waco Suspension Bridge at night

Waco, Texas

Waco Suspension Bridge

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

The Babe Ruth banyan tree

Hilo, Hawaii

Banyan Drive

Babe Ruth and others planted saplings for a 1930s tourism campaign. The saplings grew as the area faded.

One-Eyed Jack

Scottsdale, Arizona

One-Eyed Jack

A 26-foot-tall jackrabbit celebrates the past and future of the Southwest.

Frontside of the house

Boston, Massachusetts

The Paul Revere House

The colonial home of Paul Revere during the American Revolution.

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