Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A state park that once served as an important river crossing, and now offers protected lands for endangered plants and animals.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

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

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

A tribute to the beloved, kind-hearted "homeless mayor" of Silver Spring.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.

The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

The wooded estate of the Forest Service employee responsible for D.C.’s cherry blossom trees.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

Tiny observatory made big contributions to the study of the Earth's motion.

Surrounded by traditional homes, this Tolkien-esque dwelling stands out on a quiet street in suburban Maryland.

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.