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Baltimore, Maryland
Fell's Point Maritime Museum
A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.
39.2823, -76.5917
Baltimore, Maryland
Geppi's Entertainment Museum
Walk through the history of American pop culture.
39.2836, -76.6197
Fort Washington, Maryland
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
38.7934, -77.0317
Scotland, Maryland
Point Lookout State Park
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
38.0501, -76.3221
Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. Trash Wheel
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
39.2833, -76.6036
Lusby, Maryland
Calvert Cliffs State Park
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
38.3956, -76.4293
Berlin, Maryland
Assateague Island
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
38.2275, -75.1458
Baltimore, Maryland
The Horse You Came In On Saloon
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
39.2815, -76.5941
Frederick, Maryland
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
39.4139, -77.4094
Thurmont, Maryland
Lawyer's Farm
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
39.5888, -77.3790
Thurmont, Maryland
Roddy Road Covered Bridge
The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.
39.6408, -77.3938
Lafayette, Louisiana
LARC's Acadian Village
A reimagined 19th-century Acadian village featuring authentic Cajun-style homes filled with artifacts specific to the period.
30.1767, -92.0924
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mike the Tiger
The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.
30.4145, -91.1783
Chauvin, Louisiana
Kenny Hill Sculpture Garden
Religion and personal struggle gave birth to this collection of concrete angels.
29.4440, -90.5933
Edgard, Louisiana
Whitney Plantation
The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.
30.0394, -90.6506
Ponchatoula, Louisiana
Manchac Swamp Bridge
One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.
30.2856, -90.4017
Rayne, Louisiana
Rayne Frog Festival
The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.
30.2349, -92.2685
New Iberia, Louisiana
Jungle Gardens
A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.
29.9499, -91.8745
Avery Island, Louisiana
Tabasco Museum and Factory
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
29.9088, -91.9023
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