Military History in Maryland

A memorial to an ill-fated Arctic expedition pursued by the U.S. Navy.

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

This four-story steel sphere in Maryland was used to test biological weapons.

Three abandoned missile silos are hiding in plain sight behind a suburban development in Maryland.

Proto-CIA agents trained with grenades in the sand traps and fired machine guns from the fairways.

A mammoth pair of Civil War artillery guns abandoned out in the forest.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

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