The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

The world's oldest continuously operating airport was founded by the Wright Brothers.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

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

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

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.