Places KellyandPeanut Wants to Go

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

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

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

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

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

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

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

The whole world in one water tank.

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

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

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

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.