Bedford, Pennsylvania
Bedford Springs Resort
A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.
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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.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
Baltimore, Maryland
At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.
Smith Island, Maryland
An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.
Fenwick Isle, Delaware
A unique marker erected during the 18th century.
Donora, Pennsylvania
A neighborhood of houses made of poured concrete through a process invented by Thomas Edison.
Delmar, Maryland
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Brocton, New York
The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.
Irwin, Pennsylvania
This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.
Boyers, Pennsylvania
The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.