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George Washington once stopped by this house for dinner.

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

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

This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

This Georgian-style house built in 1746 is the oldest surviving structure in Bladensburg.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.

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

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

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

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

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

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

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

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

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

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

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