Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Nervous System of 'Harriet Cole'
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
San Francisco, California
A mysterious painting of the self-declared Emperor of the United States watches over a local hof-brau.
Mill Valley, California
Law-protected wreckage serves as a peculiar memorial for an almost forgotten World War II tragedy.
California
Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.
Sonora, California
Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.
Whitethorn, California
A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
Alexandria, Virginia
The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.
Alexandria, Virginia
Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.
Alexandria, Virginia
This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.
Alexandria, Virginia
Once forgotten and built over, this historic Black cemetery now houses a poignant memorial.
Alexandria, Virginia
The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.
Alexandria, Virginia
The only place for a truly presidential dram.
Rockville, Maryland
This one-room doctor's office has been moved twice, and now lives on as a museum.
Silver Spring, Maryland
This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.
Silver Spring, Maryland
These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."
Baltimore, Maryland
A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.
Ocean City, Maryland
This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.
Towson, Maryland
The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.
Baltimore, Maryland
This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.
Baltimore, Maryland
At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.
Baltimore, Maryland
America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.