King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Washington Memorial Chapel
An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.
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King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This sculpture of a fisherman spent six years at the bottom of the Schuylkill River.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.
New York, New York
This miniature village stays behind in the Breuer Building, even as the museums around it come and go.
New York, New York
Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.
Honolulu, Hawaii
A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.
Bowie, Arizona
The former home of the army detachment that captured Geronimo.
Leesburg, Virginia
Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.
Leesburg, Virginia
The all-but-forgotten cemetery is Eastern Loudon County's largest African-American burial ground.
Ashburn, Virginia
The largest cemetery for enslaved people in Loudoun County was almost lost to history, if not for the research of a minister.
Leesburg, Virginia
The only U.S. Senator to die on the field of battle is buried in San Francisco but memorialized at Balls Bluff Regional Park.
Berryville, Virginia
A renovated schoolhouse that highlights the history of Clarke County's Black community.
Millwood, Virginia
Little has changed in the way that this mill operates since the 18th-century.
White Post, Virginia
An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.
Ithaca, New York
These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Washington, D.C.
A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.
Las Vegas, Nevada
These markers are used to determine the ground stability of the Strip.
Boulder City, Nevada
These markers are used to document elevation changes around the famed dam.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
Dummerston, Vermont
Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.
Fair Haven, Vermont
Two distinctive homes on a New England village green look like a couple of frosted wedding cakes.