On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

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

A benevolent, 16-foot-tall river dragon lives on a suburban lawn.

Contrary to what its name suggests, you won't find any bunnies here.

The whole world in one water tank.

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

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

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

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

This fertility idol of questionable authenticity inspired an iconic Indiana Jones artifact.

During Prohibition, the U.S. Congress had an "official" bootlegger, with his own Capitol Hill office.

They sort through millions of dollars worth of diplomatic gifts on behalf of the government.

This robust fence in front of a historic Georgetown home is likely made from hundreds of recycled Revolutionary War firearms.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.