Home to items never before seen by the public.

This stunning blue and gold room changed cities twice before becoming part of the Smithsonian.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

This small cemetery remains hidden behind a recreation center.

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

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

An amazing example of Federal-period architecture, truly unique to this region of the state.

Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.

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

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.

The smallest covered bridge in Maryland.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.