Fenwick Isle, Delaware
Transpeninsular Line Marker
A unique marker erected during the 18th century.
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Fenwick Isle, Delaware
A unique marker erected during the 18th century.
Bethany Beach, Delaware
This monumental sculpture that welcomes visitors to Bethany Beach is a tribute to a regional Nanticoke Indian Tribe leader.
Ocean View, Delaware
The mistake that launched the commercial broiler chicken industry is immortalized in the town where it took place.
Seaford, Delaware
Did the word “hardscrabble” originate from an 18th century Delaware fistfight?
Seaford, Delaware
In October 1856, Harriet Tubman escaped arrest at this site while attempting to reunite an enslaved woman named Tilly with her fiancé.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Seven Valleys, Pennsylvania
This is the second-oldest rail tunnel in the United States that is still in use today.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania structure, the oldest building in Gettysburg, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This is the spot where the bloodiest battle in the American Civil War may have started.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This large stone residence served as a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg between stints as a tavern.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.
Rocky Ridge, Maryland
First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.
Thurmont, Maryland
A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.
Thurmont, Maryland
Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.
Thurmont, Maryland
The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.
Urbana, Maryland
Not all airplanes are found in hangars or on runways, but this wayward fuselage seems out of place in its odd rural resting place.
Frederick, Maryland
Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.
Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.