Ocean City, Maryland
1912 Herschell-Spillman Carousel
One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.
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Ocean City, Maryland
One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.
Baltimore, Maryland
One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.
Baltimore, Maryland
This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."
Baltimore, Maryland
The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Baltimore, Maryland
A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.
Baltimore, Maryland
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Baltimore, Maryland
Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Eastham, Massachusetts
The Cape Cod house that whaling built.
Eastham, Massachusetts
The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.
Eastham, Massachusetts
These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.
Eastham, Massachusetts
The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.
Wellfleet, Massachusetts
The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.
Boston, Massachusetts
A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.
Eastham, Massachusetts
Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.
Boston, Massachusetts
Historic home of a Black veteran of the American Revolution and one of the earliest civil rights activists in the United States.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Pay homage to the quintessential P-town dive.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.