Maryland - - -

Brunswick Railroad Museum - Brunswick, Maryland - celebrating the railroads of the United States with one of the largest interactive HO scale model railroad layouts in the eastern United States.
www.brrm.net

Calvert Marine Museum - Solomons, Maryland - Life among the watermen of the Patuxent River; a fifteen foot "estuarium" tank displays sea life in a salt marsh, prehistoric fossils; tours on the Chesapeake Bay.
www.calvertmarinemuseum.com

Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum - Route 261, Chesapeake Beach, Maryland - Established in the old railway station, the museum portrays life at the waterfront resort at the beginning of the 20th century.
Post Office Box 1227, Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732 -- 410-257-3892

Sheriff John F. DeWitt Military Museum - Elkton, Maryland - military memorabilia from all branches of the from the Civil War to present.
Historical Society of Cecil County, 135 East Main Street, Elkton, MD 21921 -- 410-398-1790

Frostburg Museum - Frostburg, Maryland - History and displays of life in western Maryland during the 1800's; civil war, WWI and WWII displays; housed in the 1899 Hill Street school house.
frostmuseum.allconet.org

George's Creek History Exhibit - George's Creek Regional Library, Main Street, Lonaconing, Maryland - Documents, artifacts, and other materials related to the history of the George's Creek area and of the town of Lonaconing, including the iron furnace, the hand-blown glass factory, and the silk fabric mill.
history.lonaconing.cc

Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum - 300 South Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown, Maryland - promoting public understanding of railroad history and railroad-related activities in the Hagerstown area; railroad layouts, memorabilia, library, picture displays.
Post Office Box 2858, Hagerstown, MD 21741 -- 301-739-4665

Havre de Grace Decoy Museum - Havre de Grace, Maryland - Displays of wildfowl decoys and hunting accouterments used historically in the Upper Chesapeake Bay area.
www.decoymuseum.com

Iron Furnace, Furnace Park - Lonaconing, Maryand - A circa 1830 iron ore blast furnace, the first furnace in the U.S. to commercially produce pig iron, using iron ore and coke or coal, instead of hardwood charcoal.
ironfurnace.midatlantic.cc

James Neall House and Gardens - 25 South Washington Street, Easton, Maryland - restored home of Quaker cabinetmaker, James Neall; museum shop, gardens, auditorium.
Post Office Box 964, Easton, MD 21601 -- 410-822-0773

Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum - Route 2, St. Leonard, Maryland - Portraying 12 thosand years in the Chesapeake Bay area; archaeological sites and trails, working farmland with restored farm buildings, and other museum displays.
10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, MD 20685 -- 410-586-8500

Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum - Ocean City, Maryand - Aquarium of Ocean City marine life; 200 samples of sand from around the world, objects recovered from nearby shipwrecks.
www.ocmuseum.org

Thomas Stone National Historic Site - 6655 Rose Hill Road, off of Route 225, near La Plata, Maryland - Plantation home of Thomas Stone, member of the Second Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence; parts of the house date from before 1770; visitors center, house, outbuildings, extensive grounds.
www.nps.gov/thst -- mail to Superintendent, Thomas Stone NHS, 1732 Popes Creek Road, Washington's Birthplace, VA 22443 -- phone 310-392-1776

Thrasher Carriage Museum - Frostburg, Maryland - Collection of pleasure vehicles, funeral wagons, sleighs, carts, and other vehicles are on display in the renovated 19th century warehouse.
Thrasher Carriage Museum

Surratt House Museum - 9118 Brandywine Road, Clinton, Maryland - Middle class plantation home of the Surratt family focusing on family life in the mid- 19th century; museum displays, gift shop.
Surratt House Museum, Post Office Box 427, Clinton, MD 20735 -- 301-868-1121

Zoo at Plumpton Park - Rising Sun, Maryland - family friendly zoo with picnic and playground areas; from alligators to zebras.
www.plumptonparkzoo.org

Virginia - - -

Ash Lawn / Highland - Charlottesville, Virginia - Home of President James Monroe features a 500 acre working colonial estate and a collection of American and French antiques.
www.ashlawnhighland.org

Frontier Culture Museum - Staunton, Virginia - Four historical-reproduction farms, including rare and minor breeds of farm animals, and historical crafts.
www.frontier.virginia.gov

Kilmarnock Museum - 76 N. Main St., Kilmarnock, Virginia - Farm, carpentry, and Waterman's tools housed in a 19th century house.
Post Office Box 2276, Kilmarnock, VA 22482 -- 804-436-9100

The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia - The spirit of seafaring is exhibited by a diverse collection of maritime artifacts; set in 550 acre park; picnic facilities, walking trail, museum shop.
www.mariner.org

Shirley Plantation - Charles City, Virginia - America's oldest family business, 1638; 18th century hand carved woodwork including the "flying" staircase in the main house and several out buildings of the same period.
www.shirleyplantation.com