The district's only illusionarium supports free writing programs for local students with every purchase.

This stately mansion, built in 1787 by America's first Secretary of the Navy, is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in Washington, DC.

The house where John Wilkes Booth conspired with his co-conspirators.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

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 Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

This bell is one of the last remnants of the lost city of Triadelphia.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."