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Doug Gerlach

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

Tiki Murph

Milford, Delaware

Tiki Murph

Live chainsaw carvings of tiki statues aim to keep a tradition with ancient roots alive in this small Delaware town.

The Cannonball House

Lewes, Delaware

The Cannonball House

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

Lewes Town Clock

Lewes, Delaware

Lewes Town Clock

Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.

Johnson Victrola Museum

Dover, Delaware

Johnson Victrola Museum

Museum houses an impressive display of the origin and artistry from the now-quaint invention's history.

Inside the museum.

Wilmington, Delaware

Delaware Art Museum

This local gem houses the largest collection of pre-Raphaelite paintings outside of the U.K.

Chinese Parlor in the House of Henry Francis du Pont.

Wilmington, Delaware

Winterthur

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

Front entrance of the Gibraltar Mansion.

Wilmington, Delaware

Marian Coffin Garden

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

Crying Giant.

Wilmington, Delaware

The Crying Giant

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

Rothschild Patent Museum

Wilmington, Delaware

Rothschild Patent Model Collection

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

True Treats

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

True Treats

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

Landenberg, Pennsylvania

Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.

A bald eagle flies in front of the dam.

Darlington, Maryland

Conowingo Dam

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

"Triage"

Frederick, Maryland

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

Jefferson Rock

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Jefferson Rock

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Ruins of St. John's Episcopal Church

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Ruins of St. John's Episcopal Church

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

The Sign Above the Tunnel

Knoxville, Maryland

The Sign Above the Tunnel

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

John Brown's Fort as it appears today

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

John Brown's Fort

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

War Correspondents Memorial

Jefferson, Maryland

War Correspondents Memorial

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

CC license some rights reserved by Ron Schott

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown Flood Museum

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

Lincoln Highway Experience

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Lincoln Highway Experience

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

Mr. Rogers

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Fred Rogers Memorial

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

Banana Split statue.

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

Birthplace of the Banana Split

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

Mr. Rogers' grave, Unity Cemetery

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

The Grave of Mister Rogers

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

Carrie Furnaces

Braddock, Pennsylvania

Carrie Furnaces

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

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