Lowell, Massachusetts
Worthen House Cafe
The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.
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Lowell, Massachusetts
The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.
Austin, Texas
A tribute to the "toughest woman on the Texas frontier," who survived a famous battle and five husbands.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
Elmira, New York
The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.
Kinderhook, New York
The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.
Kinderhook, New York
At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.
Daly City, California
A vast city of the dead, where the deceased outnumber the living by more than a million.
Washington, D.C.
The famous abolitionist’s preserved estate is one of Washington's finest monuments to its great Black citizens.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Camden, New Jersey
The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Glen Ellen, California
The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.
Hartford, Connecticut
The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Washington, D.C.
Legend has it that President Grant’s frequent drinking in the lobby gave rise to the term “lobbyist.”
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Boston, Massachusetts
One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.
West Chester, Pennsylvania
This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.
Austin, Texas
The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.
San Francisco, California
A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.