Gaithersburg, Maryland
U.S. National Prototype Kilogram
This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations
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Gaithersburg, Maryland
This golfball sized platinum iridium cylinder is the official starting point for all national weight calibrations
Germantown, Maryland
The whole world in one water tank.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.
Boonsboro, Maryland
Bizarre Cavern.
Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Middletown, Maryland
Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.
Thurmont, Maryland
This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Morgantown, West Virginia
This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania
The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.
Cumberland, Maryland
Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
Frostburg, Maryland
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Lexington, Virginia
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Spencer, West Virginia
A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
Roanoke, Virginia
This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.