These large concrete blocks were once supports for The Tuckerton Wireless…..a large (865 feet tall, 20 feet wide) tower which was built in Germany and assembled on Hickory Island, in Mystic Island. Supposedly the tower was used against us during WWI to radio our secrets to Germany. It...
We stumbled upon this while looking for an alleged ghost town near Gillette Castle. This one was built in 1791 and restored in 1936. People mostly use it for fishing nowadays; barricades on either side prevent cars from driving through it. There are also 2 cameras at both...
I honestly didn’t know much about this place before deciding to visit it. I found out it was the home of the guy who played Sherlock Holmes on stage, a fact I admit I didn’t really care about at the time. I just figured it was a cool-looking...
History buffs will love this place. Waterloo was a canal town in its heyday. Most of the buildings have been restored, and like many of the other towns in state parks, people reenact the crafts & dress of the time period. The buildings are from the 1700’s &...
A fine example of a place being less than what you’d expect. I had read about this house in a book or two. Seeing how it was also included on some Lewes maps, I figured it’d be a worthwhile addition to my trip there. If you don’t know...
The Zwaanendael is almost your typical local history museum. Almost. Like most other local history museums, there are artifacts, clothes, etc. from the time period they’re focusing on. You can also see the door of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, which toppled over in 1926. But I didn’t come...
Most sites won’t cover a place like this, and I feel they’re missing out on quite a bit by not doing so. This prison was finished in 1811 and used up til 1965. For the most part, it’s in its original condition, with many of the walls still...
