This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

This statue of two men in a rowboat was erected to honor those who died while fishing in the Chesapeake Bay.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

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

This hidden treasure provides a charming access point along the south side of Baker Park.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

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

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.