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One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.

A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.

The ruins of an 18th-century mansion that was once named "Mistake" by the man who had it built.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

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

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

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

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

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

The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

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

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

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

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.