North Canaan, Connecticut
Beckley Furnace Industrial Monument
The last blast furnace to close in New England offers a rare window into the region’s once-thriving iron industry.
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North Canaan, Connecticut
The last blast furnace to close in New England offers a rare window into the region’s once-thriving iron industry.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.
Centreville, Virginia
The sole surviving building from Newgate village, a colonial settlement that was renamed Centreville in 1792 after it was granted town status by the Virginia Assembly.
Manassas, Virginia
This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.
Fairfax Station, Virginia
This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.
Manassas, Virginia
This Federal-style plantation house was once visited by Abraham Lincoln to meet with generals during the Civil War.
Fairfax, Virginia
A farmhouse where soldiers left their marks on the walls and attic
Farmington, Pennsylvania
This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.
Morgantown, West Virginia
A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.
Newtown, Pennsylvania
This 1802 building is the last remaining octagonal schoolhouse in Bucks County.
Purcellville, Virginia
The oldest existing one-room brick schoolhouse in Loudoun County.
Aldie, Virginia
The Aldie Gristmill was once the largest factory of its kind in Loudoun County.
Broad Run, Virginia
This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A 150-square-foot masterpiece of American landscape art is the crown jewel of this library and art gallery in Vermont.
St. Johnsbury, Vermont
A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.
Danville, Vermont
Industrial ruin decimated this tiny New England company town in a fashion no one saw coming… and even fewer remember today.
Hull, Massachusetts
The remains of a hospital ravaged by fire, once a progressive place of innovations for disabled children.
Aquinnah, Massachusetts
Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
Key West, Florida
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.
Key West, Florida
A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.