Historic St. Mary's City
Maryland
Maryland's first capital (1634) and site of the fourth-oldest permanent English settlement in North America -- a living-history museum with reconstructed 17th-century buildings, an archaeological dig site, and a full-scale replica of the ship Maryland, the colonists' vessel.
Why Roamward picked it
Founding-colony story distinct from Annapolis's later capital era; 800-acre living-history site gives families a hands-on stop and extends coverage deep into Southern Maryland, an underrepresented corridor.
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