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A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

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

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

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

The whole world in one water tank.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.