A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

This one-room doctor's office has been moved twice, and now lives on as a museum.

This general store has stood in the same spot for well over a century.

The rock on which Moll Dyer was found frozen to death is said to still bear her handprint.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

The oldest surviving one-room schoolhouse in Montgomery County, Maryland.

The only public school for Black children in the region from 1895-1936.

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.

Built in 1815, the stabilized ruins of the grist mill and sawmill are now gated, but interpretive displays on the features and functions of the mill preserve its history.

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

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

The development and impact of electronic media showcased in a picturesque farmhouse in Maryland.

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 antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.

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

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

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

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.