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Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

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

This small cemetery remains hidden behind a recreation center.

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

This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.

The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.

This mighty white oak in Bethesda survived both the American Revolution and the construction of Washington D.C.'s metro red line.

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

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.