The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

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

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

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

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

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

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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

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

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

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

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.