The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Maryland
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated June 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 218 roadside attractions in Maryland.
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1. F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda's Graves
Rockville, MD
Obscure second grave of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940 - died in his lover's Hollywood digs) and wife Zelda (1900-1948 - died in a fire); it was 1975 before the Baltimore Catholic Diocese allowed the remains to be reinterred from another Rockville cemetery. Chiseled into t
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2. Rumored Grave of Petey, Little Rascals Dog
Silver Spring, MD
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3. Signs, Mascots, Dinosaurs
Newburg, MD
A collection of antique shops features an outdoor display of old roadside signage, characters, and at least one dinosaur. Until they're sold.
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4. National Capital Trolley Museum
Colesville, MD
Features over a dozen restored trolleys from various cities, displayed indoors and outside, and a two-mile trolley ride through a park.
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5. Edgar Allan Poe's Two Graves
Baltimore, MD
Poe has the possibly unique distinction of having tombstones in two different parts of the same church cemetery.
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6. Chicken in Formal Attire
Ocean City, MD
Ten feet tall. The well-attired chicken wears a top hat, tuxedo, ascot, and a smile.
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7. Easter Island Head (Gone)
Kensington, MD
Rendering of a moai stood outside a Wheaton auto repair shop reportedly owned by someone from Easter Island, or maybe just someone from Polynesia. Moved to Kensington. Destroyed by a car July 24, 2022, which also destroyed the car.
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8. Bird Calls Phone
Takoma Park, MD
An old outdoor payphone, labeled simply "BIRD," plays nine different bird songs when you pick up the receiver and press buttons 1 through 9. Created in 2016 David Schulman, a Takoma Park violinist.
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9. Statue of John Hanson, First U.S. President
Frederick, MD
Ignored for centuries, America's first President -- he was in office eight years before George Washington -- finally has an outdoor statue that people can visit.
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10. Bust of Frank Zappa on a Pole
Baltimore, MD
Mounted on a tall pole, safe from pranksters, musician/composer Zappa keeps watch over a library because he liked libraries. It was a gift from a Frank Zappa fan club in Lithuania.
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11. Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum
Baltimore, MD
Where the legendary baseball slugger was born in 1895. Houses a collection of his bats, balls, and uniforms. "Babe's Dream" statue in the vicinity. Historical marker out front.
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12. Mormon Temple - Fairy Tale Rockets
Kensington, MD
Opened in 1974, the tallest temple in the US, with a 288 ft. high spire among its six spires. Looks like a fairy tale castle or a rocket spaceport, used for LDS worship and events. Visitor center open to public.
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13. Baltimore's Washington Monument
Baltimore, MD
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14. Wizard Tree
Columbia, MD
Resembling Gandalf, an old pine tree in a suburban front yard has been carved into an eight-foot-tall wizard clutching a tall staff, with an owl perched on his shoulder and a fox standing watch at his foot.
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15. Dinosaur Fossils
Laurel, MD
Not a commercial attraction, but a fenced site of rare fossil deposits, where real dinosaur bones are unearthed. Large, fake bones outside for shutterbugs.
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16. Big Hand Releasing Birds
Silver Spring, MD
Officially titled "Hand of NOAA" by artist Ray Kaskey. A symbol of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. It made more sense when the fountain around it still worked.
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17. Whittaker Chambers' Pumpkin Patch
Westminster, MD
Chambers hid secret documents in hollowed-out pumpkins on his family farm, then gave them (the documents, not the pumpkins) to Dick Nixon to fight the Commies. The patch is unmarked; it's now somebody's lawn.
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18. National Vigilance Park (Closed)
MD
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19. American Visionary Art Museum
Baltimore, MD
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20. Giant Earth Globe
Silver Spring, MD
Built in 1966, this map-like metal frame earth is 40 feet tall.
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21. America's Oldest Road Sign
Frostburg, MD
Known as Braddock's Rock, the one-ton stone was engraved with distances and directions in the mid-1700s by the British. Now preserved in a fancy outdoor glass-enclosed case.
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22. White Frog Colony (Gone)
Boonsboro, MD
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23. First Toll Gate on the National Road
La Vale, MD
Seven-sided house was built ~ 1833; no longer collects tolls. Features its own parking area, historical marker, and a couple of plaques-on-rocks.
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24. Golden Bull
Adelphi, MD
The bull was the rooftop mascot of the Golden Bull restaurant. On the ground in 2022, rebranded "El Toro" with a fresh coat of paint.
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25. Monument to "The Pride of Sudlersville"
Sudlersville, MD
Jimmie Foxx may have been as great a baseball slugger as Babe Ruth, but not many people outside of Sudlersville remember him.
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