This bomb shelter-themed bar has barely changed since it opened.

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

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.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

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

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

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

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

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.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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

Harlem park dedicated to compulsive hoarders killed by their own junk.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.

A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

This tiny Hawaiian island is slowly coming back to life after being bombed during naval training exercises.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Formerly a lovely white sand beach this Hawaiian stretch is now a trap for countless tons of trash.

This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.