Silver Spring
in Acorn Park
corner of East-West Highway and Newell Street
The spring the area was named after -- now dry, but surrounded by a small park commemorating it.
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station
8100 Georgia Avenue
A restored station from 1945.
AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center
corner of Georgia Avenue and Colesville Road
A 1938 theater, now restored and home to the American Film Institute and Shopping Center. Highly Recommended.
Discovery Channel Headquarters
Georgia Avenue between Wayne & Colesville
Check out the dinosaur skeleton in the lobby.
Mayor Lane Memorial Park
Georgia Avenue at Mayor Lane Alley
Bust of Norman Lane, a beloved local resident who lived in the nearby alley.
The Old Tavern
in Silver Spring Library
on Colesville Road
A 1937 New Deal-era post office mural.