Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

A massive white oak tree provides a beautiful canopy near a suburban shopping center and stood before the signing of the Constitution.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

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

A rural colonial settlement that contains the remains of a store and cooper.

One of the oldest standing structures in Montgomery County, Maryland.

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

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

The headquarters of the Audubon Naturalist Society is a small slice of heaven for nature lovers.

A suburban museum tells the story of a historic transportation network and even provides rides in antique trolley cars.

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

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

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

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

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

The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.