Chicago, Illinois
The Fountain of Time
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Chicago, Illinois
A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.
Monroe, Wisconsin
Do you think your job stinks? Welcome to the only Limburger cheese plant in America.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A factory in Milwaukee where poop is reclaimed… and recycled.
Rudolph, Wisconsin
Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.
Potomac, Maryland
A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.
Baltimore, Maryland
The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.
Lonaconing, Maryland
The first blast furnace in the United States that used coal and coke fuel instead of charcoal to make pig iron.
Ocean City, Maryland
This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.
Darlington, Maryland
Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.
Cockeysville, Maryland
A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.
Woolford, Maryland
The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.
Cumberland, Maryland
Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
North East, Maryland
This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.
Baltimore, Maryland
The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Baltimore, Maryland
A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.
Laurel, Maryland
A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.
Dundalk, Maryland
This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.
Glenn Dale, Maryland
An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.
Washington, D.C.
This unassuming passageway played a key role in one of the most important events in U.S. history.
Washington, D.C.
A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.
Hamburg, New Jersey
An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.