Places phildzielski Wants to Go

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

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

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

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

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

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

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

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

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

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

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

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

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

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.