Sauk Centre, Minnesota
The Palmer House Hotel
A century-old landmark that once employed Sinclair Lewis and is still known for its ghost stories.
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Sauk Centre, Minnesota
A century-old landmark that once employed Sinclair Lewis and is still known for its ghost stories.
Battle Creek, Michigan
Five restored historic road bridges in a park along the Kalamazoo River.
Battle Creek, Michigan
Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.
Marshall, Michigan
Michigan's oldest operating hotel predates the state itself.
Leesburg, Virginia
The hulking remains of the Leesburg Lime Company Kiln lie dormant behind a historical marker close to the W&OD trail.
Leesburg, Virginia
Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.
Carroll, New Hampshire
A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.
Lancaster, New Hampshire
The summer estate of John Weeks offers dazzling views and a moose captured by Theodore Roosevelt.
Louisville, Kentucky
The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.
Marietta, Ohio
One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Once the home of a noted Civil War spy, the two-story brick house now serves as a museum.
Windsor, Illinois
A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a herd of Swiss ungulates.
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
This unassuimng grain elevator, commonly confused for a smokestack, helped inspire the modern architecture movement.
Excelsior, Minnesota
This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.
Okemos, Michigan
The last remaining tollhouse in Michigan built during the 19th-century plank road craze.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.
Boston, Massachusetts
A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.
Baltimore, Maryland
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Washington, D.C.
A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.
Washington, D.C.
This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.
Washington, D.C.
The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.