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

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

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

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Bizarre Cavern.

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

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