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

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

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

The historic home of an educator, abolitionist, activist, and poet.

This restaurant has been a haven for D.C.'s LGBTQ community since the 1950s.

These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.