The location where the famed author and abolitionist began his journey to freedom.

This heritage museum highlights the importance of the dairy cow as a vital part of rural Maryland's past, present, and future.

According to local history, this cast-iron canine was nearly melted down for bullets during the Civil War.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

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

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

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

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

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

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

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

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

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

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

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

Hidden within an idyllic suburban garden is a memorial dedicated to the victims of a terrifying spree of killings committed on U.S. soil.

This suburban park recalls the history of a famous tavern. Despite the name, it's no ordinary place!

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