The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

Concerned residents saved this historic house and garden from demolition.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.

George Washington once stopped by this house for dinner.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

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

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.