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This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

This original Mason-Dixon line cairn placed in the 1760s was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.

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

An 1830s street scene and roadside relics trace the country’s first great highway

The oldest surviving presidential residence in the United States.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

Once damaged by Hurricane Agnes, this bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

America's first federal monument.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.