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Lewes, Delaware

A shriveled monkey-fish sideshow creature waits inside a Dutch-style Delaware museum.

Dover, Delaware

A furious 46-foot concrete monster crushes a race car outside Delaware's notorious Monster Mile.

Milton, Delaware

A towering steel treehouse built for Burning Man now looms over a Delaware brewery.

Lewes, Delaware

Concrete towers built to watch for enemy ships still loom over Delaware's beaches like abandoned sentinels.

Lewes, Delaware

A bright red floating lighthouse survives as one of America's last preserved lightships.

Delaware City, Delaware

A massive polygonal fortress occupies an isolated island in the middle of the Delaware River.

Dover, Delaware

Enormous cargo planes and flying tankers surround a historic hangar at Dover Air Force Base.