Places triciawehner Wants to Go

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

A Maryland museum dedicated to Black history, housed in a historic church.

This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.

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

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

A haunting exhibit in a wildlife refuge center highlights threatened species and the conservation efforts needed to save them.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

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

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.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

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

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

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.