Places keslar Wants to Go

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

Its diverse collection of computers and technology spans the ages.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.

One of the largest collections of Catalan literature and cultural materials outside of Spain, created by a community of 1960s expats.

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

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

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

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

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

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

The Decoy Capital of the World.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

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

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.