Places lakupper13 Wants to Go

A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.

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

A state park that once served as an important river crossing, and now offers protected lands for endangered plants and animals.

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

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

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

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

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

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

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

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

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

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

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

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

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

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

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

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

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

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