Boonsboro, Maryland
National Road Museum
An 1830s street scene and roadside relics trace the country’s first great highway
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Boonsboro, Maryland
An 1830s street scene and roadside relics trace the country’s first great highway
Tilden, Texas
"They died with their boots on."
Mount Joy, Pennsylvania
In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.
Hazlehurst, Mississippi
A blues musician so talented that people said he must have traded his soul to the devil was born in this house.
Greenwood, Mississippi
After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.
Spencer, West Virginia
A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.
Circleville, West Virginia
This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.
Stoystown, Pennsylvania
Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Austin, Texas
A tribute to a great Texas blues musician.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Glen Rose, Texas
A park home to some unusually large rocks.
Waxahachie, Texas
A Victorian mansion, painstakingly reproduced to appear just as the the Munster's family home did on TV.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Petersburg, New York
This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.
Moultonborough, New Hampshire
The early 20th-century home features cutting-edge technology of the day, such as ammonia refrigeration and needle showers.
Salem, Massachusetts
A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Salem, Massachusetts
Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.
Salem, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.
Salem, Massachusetts
An inn older than the Witch Trials.
Salem, Massachusetts
Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.