Two terraced gardens in the middle of Baltimore offer more than 30 modern sculptures by masters of the form, including Auguste Rodin, Joan Miró, Isamu Noguchi, and Alexander Calder.

Its first artwork was a bronze tribute to Chesapeake oyster-tongers. Nearly 30 years later, the Southern Maryland garden is home to pieces from the Hirshhorn and the National Gallery of Art.

More than 100 shrub sculptures (à la Edward Scissorhands)—trees shaped as seahorses, birds, and men in top hats—adorn this 50-year-old public garden in Monkton, Maryland. Tour gardens of irises, roses, azaleas, water lilies, and more.

The seven-acre gardens at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia, feature a series of “rooms”—including a water garden, a rose garden, and a statue garden full of Greek and Roman figures. There are also a handful of contemporary works in the spring garden.

The monument you’ll encounter here will be unlike any other in Richmond. Kehinde Wiley’s 27-foot-tall “Rumors of War,” created in response to the city’s Confederate statues, puts a young Black man in Nikes and ripped jeans on a stone pedestal, proudly atop a bronze horse.

The DelArt collection of abstract metalworks in Wilmington includes a relatable standout: Tom Otterness’s larger-than-life “Crying Giant” with his head in his hands. After touring the art, you can explore the medieval-inspired labyrinth.

This part-nature-sanctuary/part-farm is New Jersey sculptor Stan Sperlak’s unique artist’s studio. Walk through three miles of trails in Goshen and look for hidden gems such as a magical window made of cedar branches.