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

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

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

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

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

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

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

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

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

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

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

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

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

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

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