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Matewan, West Virginia

West Virginia Mine Wars Museum

Dedicated to the largest armed uprising in American history since the Civil War.
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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.
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Jefferson Rock

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

Texas Centennial Art Deco Buildings

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
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Dallas, Texas

Pioneer Plaza Cattle Drive

A symbol of Texas pride.
Added by Scott Terrell
Dallas, Texas

Klyde Warren Park

A city park that sits on top of a freeway.
Added by Scott Terrell
Humboldt, Kansas

Walter Johnson Birthplace Memorial

Before he was the "Big Train," baseball's greatest pitcher was the original "Humboldt Thunderbolt."
Added by ianlefk
Hot Springs, Arkansas

The Arlington Hotel

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.
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Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston Statue

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.
LeahC Added by LeahC
Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Shepherdstown Public Library

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.
Added by blimpcaptain
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg Cyclorama

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Middletown, Maryland

The (First) Washington Monument

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.
jmsliker Added by jmsliker
Frederick, Maryland

National Museum of Civil War Medicine

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Added by mbison
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.
Sarah Blake Added by Sarah Blake
Knoxville, Maryland

The Sign Above the Tunnel

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.
Sydney Rose Added by Sydney Rose
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

True Treats

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.
lukefater Added by lukefater
Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth Water Gardens

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Clinton Added by Clinton
Savannah, Georgia

Plant Riverside

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.
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Savannah, Georgia

Lucas Theatre

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.
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Savannah, Georgia

The Waving Girl

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Added by arielfelton08
Savannah, Georgia

Rousakis Plaza Echo Square

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Added by jdsmith70
Jekyll Island, Georgia

Jekyll Island Club

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.
julirenner Added by julirenner
Jekyll Island, Georgia

DuBignon Cemetery

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.
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Jekyll Island, Georgia

Horton House

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Rachel Added by Rachel