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An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.

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

Remains of a historic fountain that was mysteriously lost in the demolition of a D.C. traffic circle.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

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

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

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

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

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

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

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

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

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.