Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

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

An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

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

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

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

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

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

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.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.