Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

A touching tribute to a local hero who made sure his neighborhood stayed clean.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

One of the last schoolhouses constructed in the early 20th-century still standing in Montgomery County.

This suburban park recalls the history of a famous tavern. Despite the name, it's no ordinary place!

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

Once the center of a thriving early Black community called Martinsburg.

This bridge over D.C.'s Rock Creek Park is sometimes called the "Buffalo Bridge" because of its four buffalo sculptures, which were cast from a single piece of bronze.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Believed to be the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps.

Designed to not only to represent the history of the local community but also, the future.

The location where the American Revolution ended.

The world's only statue dedicated to the greatest Great Dane in comic strip history.

Where one of the worst train disasters in the country took place, leading to upgrades in rail safety.

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.

A monument to a Polish general who fought the American Revolution and became the "Father of the American Cavalry."

A 19th-century architectural wonder designed by the "father of the skyscraper."

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.