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This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

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

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

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.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

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

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

A memorial to the unknown and unheralded men and women of the Cold War military and intelligence services.

Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.