Let’s get weird this weekend.
, the National Inventors Hall of Fame now is aptly housed on the US Patent & Trademark Office campus in Alexandria. This year’s inductees included the inventors of butyl rubber and the woman who three decades ago invented the internet’s Spanning Tree Protocol .You’ve seen dioramas in Gettysburg, but not ones where the battles are fought by thousands of clay cats.
Ellicott City’s Enchanted Forest was the Disneyland of the East Coast, home to Cinderella, the Three Little Pigs, and Willie the Whale. Photograph courtesy of Martha Clark.One of the oldest theme parks in the country, Ellicott City’s Enchanted Forest was, until it closed in 1990, the Disneyland of the East Coast, home to Cinderella, the Three Little Pigs, and Willie the Whale. Since 2004,has moved more than 100 pieces from the park to her nearby farm, at a cost of around a half million dollars.
Near the C&O Canal towpath lie the ruins of Seneca Quarry, famed for its red sandstone used to construct the Smithsonian castle and other DC buildings. A hub of activity in the 19th century, the Maryland quarry, now succumbing to nature, was embroiled in scandal whenOrnamental shrubs are scattered across 22 acres in Monkton, Maryland. Photograph courtesy of Ladew Topiary Gardens.
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