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

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.

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

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

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

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

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

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

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

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

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

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

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

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

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

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

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

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

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

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

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