The Bird Cage Theatre opened its doors in late December of 1881 in the booming silver mining town of Tombstone, Arizona. Founded by Billy and Lottie Hutchinson, the building was originally intended to host respectable theatrical performances.
Bowman Cemetery is small, and it is no longer active. It is said to be guarded by a witch who haunts the woods around the cemetery, but cannot enter the hallowed grounds.
The Burlington County Prison Museum, a National Historic Landmark located in Mount Holly, New Jersey, operated as a prison from 1811 to 1965, making it the longest-used prison in the nation at the time of its closure.
The Captain Fairfield Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine, traces its origins to the early 1800s when the coastal town was thriving as a center of shipbuilding and maritime trade.
The Captain Nathaniel Lord Mansion in Kennebunkport, Maine, was constructed in the early nineteenth century during a time when maritime trade defined the prosperity of the region.
In 1867, Cedar Crest College opened its doors during a time when educational opportunities for women were limited in the United States.
The Charles Q. Clapp House stands in Portland, Maine, as one of the city's most admired examples of grand residential architecture from the nineteenth century.
Cigars and Stripes BBQ Lounge became one of the most distinctive gathering spots along Ogden Avenue in Berwyn, Illinois.
Crystal Hot Springs in Honeyville, Utah, is known as one of the oldest natural hot spring destinations in the region.
Tours of this historic home and museum, which has ties to General Custer, also include views of the Missouri River.
The Dude Rancher Lodge was developed in the late 1940s and officially opened in 1950 during a time when Billings was embracing its identity as a gateway to the American West.
The Egyptian Theatre stands along Main Street in Park City, Utah, and traces its origins back to an earlier entertainment venue on the same site.
The Glore Psychiatric Museum is part of a complex of St. Joseph, Missouri, museums, along with the Black Archives Museum, the St. Joseph Museum, and the American Indian and History Galleries.
The Hassayampa Inn opened in downtown Prescott during the late 1920s, a period when Arizona was growing quickly and communities across the state were investing in new public buildings, roads, and tourism.
The story of the Hotel Bethlehem begins long before anyone built the current structure. The land it occupies traces back to 1741 when Moravian settlers established what became the city of Bethlehem.
The Historic Pottawattamie County Squirrel Cage Jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa, stands as one of the most unusual and rare jail designs ever constructed in the United States.
The Magic Castle in Hollywood, California, began its story long before it became a legendary destination for magicians.
The Jean Bonnet Inn stands along the historic route near Bedford, Pennsylvania, in an area long associated with frontier travel and military movement.
Long-standing performing-arts hub featuring musicals, comedies & dramas, plus acting classes.
The location of Ocean Key West Resort in Key West, Florida, has a history that stretches back to the early days of the island in the nineteenth century.
The King George II Inn in Bristol, Pennsylvania, traces its origins back to 1681, when English settler Samuel Clift established a ferry crossing along the Delaware River and built a small public house to serve travelers.
The former home of Judge Frederick Kinsman. The house started to be built in 1832, and as finished by 1834. By master mason Isaac Ladd.
The Levy House in Reno, Nevada, stands as one of the city’s most recognizable historic residences, built in 1906 during a period when Reno was rapidly transforming from a frontier settlement into a growing commercial center.
Little Bighorn Battlefield in Crow Agency, Montana, marks one of the most famous and tragic conflicts in American history.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial stands in the Black Hills near Keystone, South Dakota, and is one of the most recognizable monuments in the United States.
The Nevada State Museum in Carson City is one of seven Nevada State Museums operated by the Nevada Department of Tourism and Cultural Affairs. The primary building of the museum is the former Carson City Mint.
Old Egypt Cemetery rests in the quiet hills of Kirkwood Township in Belmont County, Ohio. The cemetery closely ties to the vanished community once known as Egypt or Egypt Mills, a rural settlement that developed during the nineteenth century.
Old West jail with a 2-story cellblock, police logs from the 1890s & photo ops in prisoner uniforms.
Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California, was founded in the early twentieth century as part of a progressive education movement that sought to redefine how children learned.
Pennhurst State School and Hospital, originally known as the Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic is positioned on the border between Chester County and Montgomery County in Pennsylvania.
Portland's Shanghai Tunnels are a network of basements, passageways, and connected underground spaces beneath parts of the old waterfront district and sections of downtown Portland.
Captain John Pickering II agreed to let the town have half an acre "upon the neck of land on which he liveth, where the people have been wont to be buried, which land shall be impropriated forever unto the use of a burying place."
Resurrection Cemetery is most famously associated with the legend of Resurrection Mary, one of the most enduring ghost stories in American folklore.
The house was built in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1905 by some of Henry Flagler's hotel construction workers. Originally known as "Gatekeeper's Cottage", the house was home to the groundskeeper of Woodlawn Cemetery.
Salem Cemetery rests in the rolling hills near Hendrysburg in Belmont County, Ohio, within the historic Egypt Valley region.
The Stambaugh Building rises in the heart of downtown Youngstown as one of the city's most recognizable early twentieth-century landmarks.
The 1790 Inn and Restaurant stands in the historic district of Savannah and is considered one of the city's best-known historic lodging properties.
The Grand Opera House is an opera house located at the corner of 8th and Iowa Streets in Dubuque, Iowa, that was built in 1890.
In 1923, it was purchased by PJ McMahon and Sons and transformed into a large funeral home. This marked the beginning of its deep connection to death care and the funeral industry in New Orleans.
The Old Burying Ground in Deerfield, Massachusetts, stands as one of the oldest and most historically significant cemeteries in New England.
The Stone House Restaurant and Country Inn, located in Pennsylvania's scenic Laurel Mountains, is proud to continue a time-honored tradition of fine dining and rest for the weary traveler.
The World Museum of Mining is a museum and memorial in Butte, Montana. Chartered in 1964 as a non-profit educational corporation, the Museum first opened in July 1965.
Tolomato Cemetery in St. Augustine is the oldest extant planned cemetery in the State of Florida, with burials starting during the First Spanish Period (1565-1763).
Victory Gardens Theater began in Chicago in 1974 during a time when the city's theater scene was rapidly expanding.
The prison at Joliet provided the prototype for the West Virginia Penitentiary. It was an imposing stone structure fashioned in the castellated Gothic architectural style (adorned with turrets and battlements, like a castle).
The Wetumpka Area Chamber of Commerce stands in a city deeply connected to the history of central Alabama.
The White House Apartments in Omaha, Nebraska, stand as a reminder of the city’s early twentieth-century growth and ambition.