The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

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

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

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

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

Could it have picked a better place to land?

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.