Alexandria, Virginia
Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Museum
An original apothecary from 1792.
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Alexandria, Virginia
An original apothecary from 1792.
Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Woolford, Maryland
The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.
North East, Maryland
This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
The Decoy Capital of the World.
Darlington, Maryland
Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.
Baltimore, Maryland
A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Baltimore, Maryland
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Monkton, Maryland
This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.
Westminster, Maryland
Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.
Rocky Ridge, Maryland
First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.
Thurmont, Maryland
The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.
Thurmont, Maryland
A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.
Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Middletown, Maryland
Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Big Pool, Maryland
A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.
Wheaton, Maryland
Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.
Hyattsville, Maryland
An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.