A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

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

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

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

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

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

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

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

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

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.