Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

The rooster who crossed the road lives on forever in Takoma Park, Maryland.

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

The little-known, 300-year history of the area includes former lives as a bustling tobacco port, parking lot, and industrial dump.

Decades before the scandal, this staircase on the river was a literal "water gate."

The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

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.

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

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

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

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

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

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

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

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