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American Revolution

Execution Rock Lighthouse

Sands Point, New York

Execution Rocks Lighthouse

An isolated beacon with a history of grisly murder and a view of some of literature's greatest inspirations.

Old steps left over from the town.

Tomkins Cove, New York

Doodletown

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Old Burial Ground

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

american revolution

A Tale of Two Revolutions at the Grave of the Marquis de Lafayette

Allison Meier July 4, 2013

The Boot Monument

Stillwater, New York

Boot Monument

A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.

Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Hugh Mercer Apothecary Shop

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

the entrance to the fort

Jamestown, Rhode Island

Fort Wetherill

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

Remains of South Carolina's second brick powder magazine (source: spinkk/Atlas Obscura)

Summerville, South Carolina

Dorchester - South Carolina's Abandoned Town

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

New York, New York

First Shearith Israel Graveyard

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

Kupr, Sierra Leone

Bunce Island

Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.

Charleston, South Carolina

Drayton Hall

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Queens, New York

Pulaski Bridge

A drawbridge named for a potentially intersex Polish national who fought alongside George Washington during the American Revolution, and an example of "Pulaski Red".

Brooklyn, New York

Minerva Monument

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.