This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

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

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

The hidden ruins of a mill that is linked to an attempt to assassinate the vice president of the United States.

A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

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

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

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 stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

Historic home of America's sweetheart sharpshooter, Annie Oakley.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

Easter in Westminster may be the only time and place to behold Edgar Allen Poe made entirely of Marshmallow Peeps.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.