Knoxville, Maryland
The Sign Above the Tunnel
This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.
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Knoxville, Maryland
This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.
College Park, Maryland
An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.
Bethesda, Maryland
Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.
Annapolis, Maryland
This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Cabin John, Maryland
The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.
North East, Maryland
This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.
Woolford, Maryland
The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.
Suitland-Silver Hill, Maryland
A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.
Bethesda, Maryland
This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.
Greenbelt, Maryland
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
College Park, Maryland
The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.
Poolesville, Maryland
This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.
Cumberland, Maryland
Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
Baltimore, Maryland
America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.
Fort Washington, Maryland
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.
Frostburg, Maryland
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Lanham, Maryland
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Baltimore, Maryland
The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.
Boyds, Maryland
This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.