These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

You can release a young butterfly at this beautiful indoor garden.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

A state park that once served as an important river crossing, and now offers protected lands for endangered plants and animals.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

One of the largest collections of Catalan literature and cultural materials outside of Spain, created by a community of 1960s expats.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

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

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

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.