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2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Brandywine, Maryland

Updated June 19, 2026

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McKendree Cemetery

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McKendree Cemetery

This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.

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Church of the Atonement Cemetery

A cemetery and stairs are all that remains of this former church

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Dr. Samuel Mudd House Museum

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

6 miles from Brandywine

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Upper Marlboro, Maryland

Lover's Window at Mount Calvert

Evidence of a long-ago crush remains scratched into the glass at this historic Maryland House.

9 miles from Brandywine

Metal base that supported the fountain bowl.

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Remains of Truxton Circle Fountain

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

9 miles from Brandywine

Beanes Cemetery.

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The Tomb of Dr. William Beanes

The final resting place of a physician rescued during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.

9 miles from Brandywine

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Fort Washington

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

10 miles from Brandywine

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