A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

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."

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

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

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

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

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.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

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.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.