Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

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

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

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

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

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

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

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

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.