Cambridge, Maryland
Stanley Institute
This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.
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Cambridge, Maryland
This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.
Cambridge, Maryland
Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.
Rio Grande, New Jersey
Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.
Lewes, Delaware
A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.
Washington, D.C.
The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.
Washington, D.C.
Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.
Takoma Park, Maryland
A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Beltsville, Maryland
The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.
London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
London, England
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
London, England
This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.
London, England
One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.
London, England
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
London, England
Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.
London, England
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
London, England
The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.
London, England
One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.
London, England
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
London, England
A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."
London, England
This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.