Gareth Fuller is an artist and explorer. He walks and wanders hundreds of miles to create vast, hand-drawn portraits of place. From London and Beijing to Pyongyang and Washington, D.C., his work reveals stories and identities of landscapes, capturing their personal, geographical, and social essence in what he calls ‘maps of the mind.’
Marylander Peter Carnes pioneered U.S. ballooning in 1784 near Bladensburg; after a failed first attempt, his second flight carried a 13-year-old boy—America’s first aerial passenger.
In Washington, cave-dwellers are members of established families who have lived in the city for multiple generations, typically with wealth and active participation in high-society events.
Sis's Tavern in North Brentwood, MD—built in 1912 as a grocery—became a famed music hall and community hub in Prince George's County's first Black incorporated town, hosting legends like Duke Ellington and Pearl Bailey.
