A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

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

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

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

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

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

An allegorical sculpture in Maryland wears the artist’s politics on its trunk.

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

The U.S. Army's giant warehouse of war art includes Hitler’s watercolors and Norman Rockwell oil paintings.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

America's first federal monument.

Right next to departures—how convenient!

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

A small and somewhat hidden memorial to 68 local veterans of the Vietnam War.