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Wilmington, Delaware

McKinley Monument

This relief sculpture depicts America’s most famous coffee break.
Added by ianlefk
Wilmington, Delaware

Ebright Azimuth

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.
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Brookside, Delaware

Grave of Thomas Ogle

The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.
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Newark, Delaware

Curtis Mill Park

This wildflower meadow was once the site of America's oldest operating paper mill and a symbol of Newark's manufacturing past.
Added by ianlefk
Newark, Delaware

Iron Hill School No. 112C

This school was designed to support the rebuilding of African American schools around Delaware.
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Odessa, Delaware

Corbit-Sharp House

This historic Georgian mansion contains a hidden room that was used to harbor a fugitive in the days of the Underground Railroad.
Added by ianlefk
Bethany Beach, Delaware

Chief Little Owl

This monumental sculpture that welcomes visitors to Bethany Beach is a tribute to a regional Nanticoke Indian Tribe leader.
Added by ianlefk
Seaford, Delaware

Hardscrabble, Delaware

Did the word “hardscrabble” originate from an 18th century Delaware fistfight?
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Woodcrest Estates, Delaware

Hearn Potato House

An abandoned rural reminder of a time when the sweet potato crop was king in Delaware.
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Delmar, Delaware

Highball Signal

This relic is one of the last survivors of the earliest eras of the American railroad.
Added by ianlefk
Cambridge, Maryland

‘Take My Hand’

This Harriet Tubman mural went viral for kids interacting with it.
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Annapolis, Maryland

Governor Calvert House’s Hypocaust

A rare 18th-century heating system tucked inside a historic colonial home.
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Ljubljana, Slovenia

Triple Bridge

Inspired by the Rialto Bridge in Venice, these three clustered bridges were just one part of a Slovenian architect’s grand vision.
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London, England

Temple Bar

Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.
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Washington, D.C.

Battleground National Cemetery

This tiny, one-acre cemetery serves as a reminder of when the Civil War got close to the nation’s capitol.
Added by Jeff Gutman
Washington, D.C.

Dahlgren Iron Cross

A purported 17th-century religious artifact with noteworthy associations to Catholic history in the U. S.
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Viterbo, Italy

Palazzo dei Papi (Palace of the Popes)

For two decades in the 13th century, the papacy operated from this palace in central Italy, which served as the site of the first—and longest—papal election conclave in history.
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Luxor, Egypt

Deir el-Medina

The ancient village known as Set Maat, or the 'Place of Truth,' located on this site served as a hub for intellectual and artistic endeavors.
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Rome, Italy

Fontana della Terrina

When this 400-year-old fountain fell into disrepair, officials covered the mess up with what looks like a giant soup tureen.
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Edinburgh, Scotland

Governor’s House

Visit the remains of a notorious Victorian-era correctional facility.
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Alexandria, Virginia

World War I-Era Rudder

This rudder is one of the few remnants of a shipyard that once operated on the banks of the Potomac River.
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Hamer, South Carolina

South of the Border

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.
Added by mgward
Hardeeville, South Carolina

Thelma and Louise

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.
Added by alexandef
Townsend, Georgia

Memory Park Christ Chapel

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.
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