Baltimore, Maryland
Fort Armistead
An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.
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Baltimore, Maryland
An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Woolford, Maryland
The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.
Cabin John, Maryland
The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.
Cockeysville, Maryland
A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.
Greenbelt, Maryland
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
Bethesda, Maryland
This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.
Smith Island, Maryland
An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.
Baltimore, Maryland
Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.
Jefferson, Maryland
One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.
Waldorf, Maryland
Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations
Cabin John, Maryland
This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.
College Park, Maryland
The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.
Takoma Park, Maryland
The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.
Baltimore, Maryland
America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.
Fort Washington, Maryland
A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.
Kensington, Maryland
The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.
Baltimore, Maryland
The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.