Charles Town, West Virginia
Gibson-Todd House
This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
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Charles Town, West Virginia
This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
Erie, Michigan
This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.
Baltimore, Maryland
At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.
Berlin, Maryland
Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.
North East, Maryland
This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.
College Park, Maryland
The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.
Baltimore, Maryland
Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Chillicothe, Ohio
The mounds at this site were reconstructed with the help of archaeologists and historians.
Lumbini Sanskritik, Nepal
Designed to honor the birthplace of Buddha.
Varanasi, India
A bulky, ancient stupa marks the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Though it was originally dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva, Baphuon was converted to a Buddhist temple in the 15th century, complete with a massive hidden statue.
Washington, D.C.
Surrounded by a verdant garden and a backdrop of ivy, a monument to beloved poet Khalil Gibran stands outside of the Lebanese embassy.
Salem, Massachusetts
Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.
Akron, Ohio
A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.
Boston, Massachusetts
Malcolm X's house during his most formative years faces an uncertain future.
Interlaken, New York
The final resting place for the famed creator and narrator of "The Twilight Zone."
Bedford, Pennsylvania
A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.