Gaithersburg, Maryland
Nike Missile Site W-92
Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.
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Gaithersburg, Maryland
Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.
Poolesville, Maryland
This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.
Germantown, Maryland
The whole world in one water tank.
Middletown, Maryland
Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.
Baltimore, Maryland
At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.
Baltimore, Maryland
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Bethesda, Maryland
Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.
Silver Spring, Maryland
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Elmira, Michigan
This scenic overlook commemorates the tragic death of a soon-to-be-married lumberjack.
Traverse City, Michigan
The world champion cow is buried within a historic old asylum.
Kalkaska, Michigan
Michigan’s most famous shoe tree.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.
St. Ignace, Michigan
Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.
Cheboygan, Michigan
This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.
Cadillac, Michigan
This monument honors the band's impromptu performance at Cadillac highschool's homecoming decades ago.
Tucson, Arizona
One of the largest private collections of cars manufactured by the short-lived Franklin Automobile Company.