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

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

A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States

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

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

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

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

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

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

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Near the state border, cars seem to defy the laws of physics by rolling uphill.

True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.

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

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

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Once the home of a noted Civil War spy, the two-story brick house now serves as a museum.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."