As you wind your way up this driveway, slow down and take in some of the surrounding mountain and valley views! At the pinnacle of the driveway, be charmed and delighted by the curvilinear strawbale house designed by architect Sigi Koko in 2018. The house consists of three main sections that softly undulate with the topography, and the rooftop curves and bends with the land, all while supporting a green roof. This house feels magical and fairy-like with a bevy of flowers, vegetables, and herbs planted together against the stucco exterior walls, deep inset windows, and a heavy wood paneled door. Your inner child will want to touch every natural surface in the interior, including supporting columns that were kiln-dried tree trunks. Explore the house, barn, yoga retreat studio, and watch the goats playing in the yard. This property is a hidden gem that you will not forget.

Welcome to the campus of Hood College, founded in 1893 as the "Women's College of Frederick," and chartered in 1897. That year, the college acquired a 28-acre tract of farmland made possible by a gift from Margaret Scholl Hood. Trustees of the college formally changed the name of the college in her honor in 1912. In 1915, the college relocated from downtown Frederick to its present site. The President's House was constructed in 1900 as part of a planned neighborhood development that was not originally part of the Hood Campus. The house was sold to the college in 1920 and used as a temporary home for the Vice President of the College, then as the campus infirmary. It was sold back to the private sector in 1925, this time to the Delaplaine family. In 2014, Hood College repurchased the property and renovated it in 2015 as the President's House. The American Four-Square house features a hipped roof, dormer windows, three large brick chimneys, a large side entry, and an expansive and welcoming wrap-around porch. Campus maps will be available for those who would like to stroll to the college's Hodson Outdoor Theatre, planned by landscape designer Stuart Haller in the early 20th century. Haller's imprint as a landscape designer is visible at several local tour stops.

Located on a residential street in the heart of downtown Frederick, this circa 1817 house is a respite of quiet, calm, and tranquility. Located in the historic district of downtown Frederick City, this Federal brick townhome features stately six-over-six windows, a single entry with a transom, and a side hall plan. The living room is chock-full of period antiques, a dining room, Colonial-era farmhouse kitchen décor with folk art paintings, and a modern addition of a small bay-window shaped sitting room that opens to a bubbling pond, and formal boxwood landscaping interspersed with colorful annuals and perennials, and garden furniture. The formal boxwood landscaping is a remnant of the original design by Maryland's renowned landscape architect, Stuart Haller.

New Market was founded in 1793 and, like its other National Road towns, expresses its linear development along this straight section of the Old National Road. The town retains a high level of historic character and integrity with Federal and Georgian period buildings. The circa 1798 Federal house features a beautiful Flemish brick bond pattern. In the mid-1820s, an addition was added to the house to serve as one of the town's first taverns. It was owned by Enos and Charlotte Schell, who kept the tavern as a hub of social and political activity. In 1838, Schell passed away, while one of his political allies, Grafton Beall Hammond (of Maryland's Founding Families), was elected as the state delegate of New Market. Grafton Hammond also died shortly thereafter, and Mrs. Hammond moved into the Schell Tavern House. The Hammonds owned the property until 1936. It was renovated in 1994 and again in 2011. Today, the property is owned by a distant relative of the Hammonds and operates as a nonprofit respite inn for parents and caregivers who have loved ones with disabilities.

Casa Loma, when translated, means "Hill House," and this certainly fits, as this property is elevated on its lot and the lot is at the top of Braddock Mountain. Braddock Heights is an early suburb of Frederick City with large, rambling Victorian houses decorating this tiny suburb, with Casa Loma as one of its main stars. A rarely seen architectural style in this part of Maryland is Casa Loma's more exotic Spanish Revival details, lending to its relaxed atmosphere and ease of access to indoor and outdoor spaces. Built in 1910, the overall square massed house features an asymmetrical front façade and a projecting gable that, instead of the more traditional straight triangle, is curvilinear, adding to the Spanish Revival feel. Just as this building looms large, so does its history, from its beginning as an asylum to care for the sick, then later home to one of Frederick's most prominent families. Now, new owners are in the process of restoring the grandeur of Casa Loma. One look at the circa 1840 intricately adorned chandelier in the dining room will enlighten you as to why this piece is the owner's muse for her interior decorating intentions!

The cemetery was established in 1852 as the first non-denominational cemetery to accommodate Frederick's growing population needs. The Mount Olivet Cemetery was designed during the Rural Garden Cemetery Movement, which defines the transformation from urban graveyards into pleasant, landscaped public parks for the dead and living. Driven by overcrowding, public health concerns, and a Romantic era desire for beauty, the movement established large, scenic "garden cemeteries" featuring curvilinear paths, trees, water features, monuments, and sculptural motifs. The original 1852 layout of the cemetery has been retained, including its wandering paths with polygonal sections and varied monuments and grave markers. The 102-acre grounds are the final resting place for such notables as Maryland's first elected Governor, Thomas Johnson; Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner; flag-waving Barbara Fritchie, and the creator of women's sportswear, Claire McCardell.

Hidden by the sloping geography and new construction surrounding this 7-acre parcel, the Long House is full of surprises and layers of history. The property is bound by a steeply wooded cliff that falls to the Monocacy River on the west and a line of trees parallel with Route 144/National Road to the south. The main residence has a fieldstone basement with log ceiling beams and a ground-level entrance on the north façade. The first floor features a large living room, dining room, guest room, bathroom, foyer, and kitchen. The second floor features a large open hall with wide-plank flooring. To the rear of the house, the landscape is terraced by many dry-laid fieldstone walls. The 1928 Stuart Haller design features integration of the natural and built environment, reflecting progressive ideas of the City Beautiful Movement, which sought to create moral and civic virtue through urban beautification. The structure began as a circa 1830 tavern. In the winter of 1861-62, Lieutenant Robert G. Shaw sheltered here while federal troops camped on the property. Shaw went on to lead the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, one of the first African American regiments. This site offers an immersive walk through some of Frederick County's most significant periods of history.