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The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

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

This suburban park recalls the history of a famous tavern. Despite the name, it's no ordinary place!

This Georgian-style house built in 1746 is the oldest surviving structure in Bladensburg.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

This mighty white oak in Bethesda survived both the American Revolution and the construction of Washington D.C.'s metro red line.

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, 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.

The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.

First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

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

A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.