Chesapeake Bay Restoration in Progress

Sharptown Living Shoreline

What is a "Living Shoreline?" A natural shoreline with a gradual transition between the bank and water's edge. Typically, planted with native (plants common to the local area) trees, shrubs and grasses - living shorelines do not end ...

B&O Railroad Station

Keep Supplies Moving

One of the first railroads in the country, constructed in 1830 of wooden rails that carried horse-drawn cars, extended from Baltimore to Ellicott's Mills. This station was built the next year, and soon steel rails replaced wooden ...

Revolutionary Battlefields

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Revolutionary

Battlefields

and

Colonial

Fort Sites

NY State

Historical

Marker

Marker is at the intersection of East Dominick Street and Bouck Street, on the right when traveling east on East Dominick Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Confederate Dead

Here are buried 51 unknown and one known Confederate soldier and one Negro hospital attendant. These men died of wounds or disease in the Confederate hospitals located nearby, the Stout, Blackie, Asylum, Turnbull, and some temporary ones. These hospitals operated ...

Church of the Immaculate Conception

State of California Point of Historical Interest: Yub-12

Erected 1850, the original structure was destroyed by fire in 1870, and rebuilt in 1871 by the citizens of Smartsville on the original foundation. At one time this church served 800 parishioners, mostly ...

Jefferson Davis Informed of Lincoln's Death

Jefferson Davis was standing here when informed of Lincoln's death April 18, 1865

Marker can be reached from the intersection of 4th Street and South Tryon Street, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Mulate's

This world famous institution is recognized for its role in the preservation and restoration of our cajun culture and heritage. It ranks today as one of Breaux Bridge's most prominent landmarks

Courtesy hmdb.org

Barton Street Confederate Monument

This monument is dedicated to honor the memory of the 51 Confederate Soldiers buried here in the Barton Street Cemetery. They died in Fredericksburg, Virginia between the months of October 1861 and March 1862. The Rev. Alfred M. Randolph of ...

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Tallest brick lighthouse

in nation at 208 feet.

Constructed, 1869~1870,

to mark Diamond Shoals.

Replaced 1802 structure.

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 12 and Lighthouse Road, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 12.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Cathedral-Carmel School

Established in 1846. A combination of Mount Carmel Academy and Cathedral School. Operated by the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Parish in the Diocese of Lafayette. Affiliated with the Sisters of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and the De ...