Places davidjarka Wants to Go

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

Once damaged by Hurricane Agnes, this bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

George Washington once stopped by this house for dinner.

A quick journey through the history of Annapolis.

This memorial honors five journalists who were killed in a mass shooting in 2018, and affirms the importance of the first amendment.

According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

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

The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

This bell is one of the last remnants of the lost city of Triadelphia.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

A state park that once served as an important river crossing, and now offers protected lands for endangered plants and animals.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.