Frostburg, Maryland
The Jail in the Gunter Hotel
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
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Frostburg, Maryland
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.
Paterson, New Jersey
In the power of this waterfall, Alexander Hamilton saw the potential for industry.
Frederick, Maryland
Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This large stone residence served as a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg between stints as a tavern.
Newtown, Connecticut
A tribute to the students and teachers who lost their lives during the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
New London, Connecticut
One of the earliest graveyards in the region.
Waterford, Connecticut
Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.
Newport, Rhode Island
Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.
Newport, Rhode Island
A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.
Newport, Rhode Island
The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.
Newport, Rhode Island
The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.
Newport, Rhode Island
The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.
Portsmouth, Rhode Island
Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!
Bristol, Rhode Island
The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.
Warwick, Rhode Island
Once the largest attraction in Rhode Island, this former amusement park is now a gorgeous coastal state park.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.
Falmouth, Massachusetts
Marigolds, rosemary, Madonna lilies, and the Virgin’s Bower decorate this Massachusetts sacred garden.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.
Eastham, Massachusetts
These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.
Boston, Massachusetts
Tragedy on Little Brewster Island memorialized.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.