Places krisengles Wants to Go

A touching tribute to a local hero who made sure his neighborhood stayed clean.

This memorial honors five journalists who were killed in a mass shooting in 2018, and affirms the importance of the first amendment.

The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

The grounds of former plantations where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her youth enslaved are now a museum to her incredible life.

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

This bell is one of the last remnants of the lost city of Triadelphia.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

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

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

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

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

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

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

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

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

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

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

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

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.