This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.

Bizarre Cavern.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

The Aldie Gristmill was once the largest factory of its kind in Loudoun County.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.