Places MMorlino Wants to Go

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

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

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

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

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

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

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

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

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

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

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.