The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

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

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

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

The whole world in one water tank.

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

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

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

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

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.