Places TeamDD Wants to Go

This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

A set of rowhouses built for laborers at a glass company are the last of their kind in Annapolis.

Residing quietly in suburban Maryland, this tree has a star-powered history and was grown from a seed that journeyed to space on Apollo 14.

This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.

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

Take a trip to the past aboard a 1920s railcar or open flatcar for a scenic ride through Maryland farm country.

The last remains of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in the United States calls this state park home.

This Annapolis home was built by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Both the building and blades of this reconstructed 19th-century windmill can turn in a breeze.

George Washington once stopped by this house for dinner.

A well-worn trail through thick woods in northern Montgomery County leads to an old schoolhouse.

A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.

An amazing example of Federal-period architecture, truly unique to this region of the state.

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

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.

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

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

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

An old pay phone rewired to play local bird calls and songs at the press of a button.

Once damaged by Hurricane Agnes, this bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

This Georgian-style house built in 1746 is the oldest surviving structure in Bladensburg.