Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Gettysburg’s First Shot Marker
This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
This museum focuses on the history and culture of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.
Manheim Township, Pennsylvania
Dedicated to extinct passenger pigeons.
Lititz, Pennsylvania
This restored 18th-century house was once the home of Lititz's first tobacconist.
Hanover, Pennsylvania
These small house replicas have stood proudly since the 1950s, even as the property has changed hands.
Manheim, Pennsylvania
One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.
York, Pennsylvania
Political activist and writer Thomas Paine once lodged at this location.
Mount Holly Springs, Pennsylvania
This stately 19th century library pushed architectural boundaries at a time when the public library movement was just taking off.
Columbia, Pennsylvania
North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Marietta, Pennsylvania
An industrial waste tourist attraction.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.
Lafayette, Indiana
An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.
Boston, Massachusetts
Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Rutland, Massachusetts
The ruins of a Massachusetts prison farm can still be found crumbling the woods of a state park.
New Boston, New Hampshire
This young woman's tombstone names her murderer, who is buried in the same cemetery.
Crawfordsville, Indiana
The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.
Webster, Massachusetts
It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.