An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

The Conduit Road Schoolhouse is one of the last one-room schoolhouses remaining in Washington, D.C.

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

The longest-covered bridge in the state of Maryland.

A rare example of a rural school in Washington, D.C.

A glimpse into early 19th-century education.

A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.

Conveniently located within binocular range of a nuclear bunker, the "summer camp" area was a painfully obvious spy house.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

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

One of the few remaining covered bridges in Lancaster County.

The birthplace of the Herndon Gas Company.

Mysterious installations bring levity and light to a sometimes stodgy city.

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

Dedicated to a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who was also a bird watcher and artist.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.