At the bright-white Cove Point Lighthouse in sleepy Chesapeake Bay, guests can book the old lighthouse keeper’s cottage, which can sleep up to 16 guests. The original structure dates to 1828, making it the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in Maryland.

Other structures on the property include the 40-foot-high brick light tower, and a keeper's house enlarged in 1925 to make it a duplex for two keepers and their families. There’s also the 1901 fog bell building, now used as a mini theatre for public orientations, a small cottage built in 1950, and a brick building housing the Coast Guard's radio transmitter.

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