Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

Named for a Greek oracle that interpreted the words of Zeus, this beautifully-restored manor home was once home to the architect of the Marshall Plan.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

The whole world in one water tank.

A well-worn trail through thick woods in northern Montgomery County leads to an old schoolhouse.