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Mullikin Elementary School was an early- to mid-20th century primary/grade school (Grades 1-6) located on Mt. Oak Road in Mitchellville, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA. The school, which served the local community from in or about 1919 until the end of the 1963-64 school year when pupils were transferred to the then new Woodmore Elementary School. Mullikin Elementary School is historically notable, locally and regionally. It was named after the Mullikin Family--James and his five succeeding generations--who owned the Mullikin's Delight plantation. Mullikin's Delight comprised the general area long ago known as Mullikin and in which Mullikin Elementary School once stood in Mitchellville, Prince George's County, Maryland USA. The significance of Mullikin's Delight is that it is listed as a Prince George's County historical site, with references to the family name and the fact that it was a slaveholding plantation, by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and noted in other historical pieces. Tying the history of the Mullikin family and Mullikin's Delight with Mullikin Elementary School, Washington Post newspaper columnist Eugene Meyer described in his April 6, 1996 article, "In a tale of two Mitchellvilles, similarities end with the name," a family currently living in "...Mullikin, [named] after the family for which a nearby school was named." Mullikin Elementary was a three-story, concrete building with two stories above ground and one partially below ground level. On the upper two floors, the building housed six classrooms--one for each of the six grades--as well as the administrative office (e.g. principal, secretary). There was a basement that ran the full length of the building. In 1945, Federal Works Agency funds were used to build out the basement into an auditorium and cafeteria. The basement floor also housed a small school library, girls' and boys' restrooms, and a mechanical room. Outside, there was a playground and large open area. Mullikin Elementary was a successor school to the one-room Cherry Hill School that served local pupils from 1874 to 1919. When Mullikin Elementary School replaced the Cherry Hill School, the school bell which rang from Cherry Hill’s bell tower was installed on the second floor ceiling of the northern stairwell of Mullikin Elementary (left side of the photograph), where it rang until replaced by an electric bell to call pupils, who were outside of the building, to come inside. Many of the students from Mullikin, upon completing grade 6, matriculated to Frederick Sasscer High School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Close by the school stood a small post office; an American Railway Express station next to a railroad track and, earlier, a hotel, a blacksmith shop, and a meeting hall/polling place. In the early 1970s, a fire broke out in what had been the Mullikin Elementary building, leading to its eventual demolition. The land where Mullikin Elementary, the post office and other buildings stood is now a Prince George's County school bus lot with no markers showing the history of the school.

Belt Woods is a nature reserve in Prince George's County, Maryland, U.S., containing the "South Woods", a 43-acre (170,000 m2) woodland which constitutes one of the last stands of old growth hardwood forest on the Atlantic coastal plain. It is a mere 8 miles (13 km) east of Washington, D.C. Many of its white oaks and tulip poplars are more than three feet in diameter and soar more than 100 feet (30 m) before branching. The "South Woods" were designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974. Belt Woods has been owned and protected by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources since the 1980s. Some 110 acres (0.45 km2) at the site are designated a Natural Environment Area (NEA) and another 515 acres (2.08 km2) are designated a Heritage Conservation Fund (HCF) site. Thus 625 acres (2.53 km2) are protected in total. Within this area, the Maryland General Assembly has designated 610 acres (2.5 km2) — 109 acres (0.44 km2) within the NEA and 501 acres (2.03 km2) within the HCF — as a special Maryland Wildland.

The Partnership Mansion (commonly referred to as Hall Manor) was a mansion located on the grounds of Six Flags America in Largo, Maryland. The original structure was built by the Hall family in the 1700s, and was added on to by subsequent owners notably the Berry family in the 1840s.

Freeway Airport (FAA LID: W00) is a privately owned airport located in Mitchellville, Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. It has Cessna 172s and a PA28R-200 IFR available to rent.

The Wild One is a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags America in Prince George's County, Maryland. It features a 450° spiral helix and a series of bunny hills that produce a significant amount of air time. The wooden coaster was previously known as Giant Coaster when it was located at Paragon Park in Hull, Massachusetts. It operated there from 1917 to 1984. It is the oldest coaster in any Six Flags park.

Woodmore is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP 86710) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 4,513. The CDP is located within the boundaries of Route 193 (Enterprise Road) to the west, Church Road to the east, Route 214 (Central Avenue) to the south and Route 50 to the north. Woodmore Road runs east and west through the center. It contains a large gated community and country club, developments of Woodmore Meadows, and Woodmore South on the south side, as well as various other custom built homes and farmland. Off Enterprise Road sits the development of Kingsford. It is contiguous with Mitchellville, Maryland CDP, and historically had a Mitchellville mailing address, for many years served by the South Bowie/Mitchellville Post Office with zip code 20721 and has been considered part of Mitchellville. The Woodmore and Mitchellville community is notable as one of the most affluent predominantly African-American communities in the United States.The gated community "Woodmore" is centered on the Country Club at Woodmore. The community is planned to consist of 398 single-family homes on 799 acres (3.2 km2). Six Flags America is within the boundaries of the CDP.

Allen Pond Park is an 85-acre (340,000 m2) multi-use park, located in and managed by the City of Bowie in Prince George's County, Maryland. The park includes an Ice Arena, Amphitheater, boat rentals, Skate Park, 10-acre (40,000 m2) stocked pond, six lighted ballfields, picnic areas and pavilions, walking and biking trails, a lighted basketball court, fitness station and several playground areas. It is also the home of Opportunity Park, which offers 100% accessible experiences at its tot lot, school-aged playground, fitness cluster and fishing. The park has a 39% total wood coverage, with the pond occupying 12% of the park. The parking lot that services the park can be accessed from 3404 Mitchellville Road, across from the Mitchellville Road Soccer Fields, and from the main 3330 Northview Drive entrance.

The Joker's Jinx is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags America in Prince George's County, Maryland. The ride utilizes linear induction motor technology to launch the train from 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) in just over three seconds. The Joker's Jinx was designed by Premier Rides and manufactured by Intermountain Lift, Inc.

Six Flags America is a theme park and waterpark located in the Woodmore CDP of Prince George's County, Maryland, near Upper Marlboro, adjacent to the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Founded as a wildlife center in 1973 by Ross Perot, ABC television operated the park as a drive-through safari called The Largo Wildlife Preserve, from 1974 until its closure, in 1978. The property was bought by Jim Fowler's Wild Kingdom; thereafter, the site was gradually converted from a wildlife preserve into a theme park named Wild World. In 1992, the park was renamed “The Great Escape: Adventure World” after being acquired by Premier Parks, before being edited again to “Adventure World: The Thrill Park”. Ultimately, the park would be rebranded as the tenth Six Flags park, after Premier Parks acquired Six Flags Inc., and adopted its name, in 1999; the name-change to Six Flags America—and all associated IP and theming—was unveiled for the park’s 2000 operating season. The "America" in the park's name was chosen due to the park's close proximity to the U.S. capital; the park’s entry plaza and “promenade” also features colonial-era architecture and related theming of Colonial Maryland.

Batwing is a steel flying roller coaster built by Vekoma at Six Flags America in Prince George's County, Maryland. This is nearly identical to Nighthawk at Carowinds, however that ride has a slightly different ending, and different paint scheme. The ride is also a clone of the now-defunct Firehawk at Kings Island. Of the two operating Vekoma Flying Dutchmans, Batwing is the only one still operating under its original name at its original park, since Nighthawk originally operated at California's Great America as Stealth. Batwing operates alongside the standard schedule of Six Flags America.

Superman – Ride of Steel are steel roller coasters located at two different Six Flags parks in the United States, including Six Flags America in Woodmore, Maryland, and Six Flags Darien Lake in Corfu, New York. At Six Flags Darien Lake, the coaster was renamed Ride of Steel in 2007, dropping Superman from the name. Both hypercoasters, manufactured by Intamin, are mirror-image and opened a year apart, beginning with the Darien Lake installation in May 1999 followed by Six Flags America in May 2000. They are 208 feet (63 m) tall, feature a drop length of 205 feet (62 m), and reach a maximum speed of 73 mph (117 km/h). A roller coaster with a similar name, Superman The Ride, opened at Six Flags New England in 2000 but features a significantly different layout.

Pleasant Prospect is a historic home located at Mitchellville, Prince George's County, Maryland. It is an outstanding and important example of a Federal style plantation house, consisting of a 2½-story main structure over a full basement with a 2-story kitchen linked by a 1-story hyphen. The kitchen wing and hyphen are typical of late eighteenth century ancillary architecture in Southern Maryland. The walls are laid in Flemish bond, and the chimneys are typical of Maryland; wide on the side, thin and high above the ridge, rising on the gable ends of the house flush with the building wall. The interior exhibits outstanding Federal style trim, including elaborate Adamesque moldings and plasterwork ornamentation such as garlands, swags, and urns applied to interior doorways and mantles. A pyramidal roof, log meat house stands on the immediate grounds. The architectural design and unique features of the house were documented in the permanent collection of the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) at the Library of Congress in 1936 and again in 1983. This documentation notes: "Pleasant Prospect reflects the wealth and elegance of the upper class of planters in Prince George's County during the late 18th and early 19th century. The house was unusually large and well appointed for its time, with a large hall or passage, formal parlor, separate dining room and a library in the main block of the first floor."Pleasant Prospect was built c. 1798 for Dr. Isaac Duckett, described as one of the most opulent slave owners in the state. It is one of four houses built in Prince George's County during this period that were valued at $1,500 (~$33,908 in 2022) or more in the 1798 Federal Direct Tax assessment and is described in that document as "a new Two story Brick dwelling, very elegantly furnished with passage 20 by 16, kitchen 19 by 14, all of Brick." Pleasant Prospect is one of three plantations built by the Duckett family in Prince George's County. The other two are Fairview, built by Isaac Duckett's brother Baruch around 1800, and Melford in the 1840s. Pleasant Prospect was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.