The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.

The 320-year-old tree that greeted General Lafayette and rerouted an interstate highway.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

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

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.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

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

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

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

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

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

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

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.

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

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

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

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.