Delmar, Maryland
Transpeninsular Midpoint Marker
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
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Delmar, Maryland
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Cockeysville, Maryland
Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.
Bethesda, Maryland
Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.
Baltimore, Maryland
This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."
Cumberland, Maryland
This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.
Grantsville, Maryland
This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
Germantown, Maryland
The whole world in one water tank.
Berlin, Maryland
Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.
Westminster, Maryland
Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.
Linthicum Heights, Maryland
Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.
Thurmont, Maryland
A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.
Baltimore, Maryland
One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.
Baltimore, Maryland
George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.
Laurel, Maryland
A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.
Baltimore, Maryland
At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.
Dundalk, Maryland
This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.
Lusby, Maryland
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
Toddville, Maryland
After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.
Sharpsburg, Maryland
A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
Baltimore, Maryland
A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Laurel, Maryland
This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.