Places jordank Wants to Go

This suburban park recalls the history of a famous tavern. Despite the name, it's no ordinary place!

One of the last schoolhouses constructed in the early 20th-century still standing in Montgomery County.

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.

A well-worn trail through thick woods in northern Montgomery County leads to an old schoolhouse.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

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

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

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

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

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

Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

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

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

Bizarre Cavern.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

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

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

The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.

This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations