Maryland Public Television for Earth Day: Secrets of the Chesapeake

From the stillness of the mass underwater graves of ancient ships to the eye-popping, eardrum-busting fighter jets of Pax River, they claim the title of the Chesapeake’s best-kept secrets. From buried treasure to haunted lighthouses, crazy legends and myths, eccentric sporting — even characters wacky and a little bizarre — to provincial cuisine and natural wonders, the Bay and surrounding locales are alive with obscure-but-fascinating destinations. For the armchair adventurer among us who craves the uncanny — for those who veer off-the- beaten-path — our new guide to discovering these home-grown places is Secrets of the Chesapeake. But these aren’t ordinary tourist destinations. Instead, they’re spots that only a native would point to: remote shorelines where beachcombers can find beautiful and rare sea glass; an island gem-of-a-seafood-shack; quiet crossroads where tragic local history comes alive. Secrets of the Chesapeake takes viewers to places they’ll never forget where they’ll meet people they’ve only read about.