SOUTHERN MARYLAND Conservation Laboratory as well as the “FAQ Archeology” interactive experience in the visitors center. The Exhibit Barn includes the display “Farmers, Patriots and Traitors: Southern Maryland and the War of 1812.” Ain’t No Drag at the Racetrack Thrill at the sights and sounds of the world’s fastest sport at the Maryland International Raceway. You’ll want to bring your earplugs for the various motor sports drag racing events held on the tracks of Mechanicsville from March to November. Big League Dreams Entering their 10th season as a member of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs play 70 home games from late April to September at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf. Dozens of Major League alumni once honed their skills here with the Atlantic League. Walk Along Secluded Shores A great place for history buffs and nature lovers alike, Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum in St. Leonard is home to a small, secluded shore offering plenty to explore at a nearby reconstructed Native American village and coastal trails. See the Patterson Estate built in Colonial Revival style. Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell Uncover Plantation Living A Tidewater plantation, historic Sotterley Plantation dates back to 1699 and is a testament to the region’s Colonial history. The former tobacco plantation is now a 95-acre National Historic Landmark dedicated to research, preservation and an interpretation of early American plantation life. Trace the Escape Route of John Wilkes Booth A significant stop along the trail of fugitive assassin John Wilkes Booth, the Dr. Samuel Mudd House & Museum in Waldorf is dedicated to the time and events surrounding President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Surratt House Museum in Clinton was once the home of Booth’s notorious accomplice, Mary Surratt. Wander Whimsical Woods & Galleries Combining art and nature, the Smithsonian affiliate Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center features 30 acres of forests, fields and meadows and paved walking and bike paths adorned with a vast collection of outdoor sculpture as well as gallery Look Out exhibits. Dig the Museum of Archeology With 65 archeological sites, this museum at Jefferson Patterson Park serves as home to the Maryland Archeological Look Out for the Lighthouses Take a Southern Maryland lighthouse crawl from Cove Point and Drum Point to Piney Point and Point Lookout, which is reputedly haunted. Cove Point offers overnight accommodations, and the iconic lighthouse at Drum Point is located on the site of the Calvert Marine Museum and remains one of three surviving screw-pile lighthouses on the Chesapeake Bay. Seek Tranquil Nature Scenes For those seeking solitude in a natural setting, Battle Creek Cypress Swamp Sanctuary offers a nature center viewing room where kids can get up close to small indigenous animals, as well as short trails on the boardwalks through swamps and meadows. See an albino snapping turtle, a red-tailed hawk, barred owl and butterflies floating about this tranquil locale. Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood 92 ✥ VISITMARYLAND.ORG | 1-877-333-4455
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