Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones' Locker.

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.

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

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

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

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

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

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

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

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.