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

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

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

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

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.