Places achughesco Wants to Go

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

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

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

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

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.