Baltimore, Maryland
Phoenix Shot Tower
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
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Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Cambridge, Maryland
Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.
Fort Washington, Maryland
Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Baltimore, Maryland
An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.
Grantsville, Maryland
This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
Baltimore, Maryland
One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.
Annapolis, Maryland
Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.
Thurmont, Maryland
A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.
Baltimore, Maryland
A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.
Baltimore, Maryland
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Crownsville, Maryland
This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Lusby, Maryland
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Arbutus, Maryland
The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.
Dundalk, Maryland
This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.
Baltimore, Maryland
Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.
Baltimore, Maryland
This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Toddville, Maryland
After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.
Sharpsburg, Maryland
A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.