This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

Essential to the history of early American religious freedom and home to the only Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence.

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

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

This single-screen Art Deco theater in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania opened its doors in 1941.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Not all airplanes are found in hangars or on runways, but this wayward fuselage seems out of place in its odd rural resting place.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

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

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

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

Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

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.

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

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

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