Weird Maryland: Your Guide to Maryland's Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets Book

Okay, I've lived in Maryland most of my life so I was familiar with some (but not all) of the things and legends in this book. I grew up in Montgomery County and lives in suburbs of Baltimore for four years during my college years.

What I didn't know and learned about were just bizarre.

While many people love this book for the creepy and unexplained things, I find myself much more fascinated by the stuff in there that is strange but in fact very, very, real.

That being said, I feel the northern parts of Montgomery County, (Gaithersburg, Damascus, Germantown) which are full of bizarre things are under represented. And they got some major facts wrong when they were. Take the Cider Barrel. It's not the people who run the apartment building wanted integrate it into their complex. The Montgomery County Council declared the building a historic landmark. They can't tear it down. If it collapses or burns down on its own that's one thing but otherwise it can't be touched.

It even leaves off the weird thing in Rockville when it talks about polyethylene sculptures... Porky the Liter Eater at Cabin John Park. Really, the book needs a new edition without a Northern Maryland or Eastern Shore bias. But it loses only one star for that.