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

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

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

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

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

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

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.

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

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

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

Electronic inventions that resulted in products and systems we use every day are on display in this labor-of-love museum.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.