The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

This Georgian-style house built in 1746 is the oldest surviving structure in Bladensburg.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.