Places rubysage Wants to Go

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

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

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

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

The whole world in one water tank.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

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

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

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

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

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

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

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

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

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

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

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.