This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

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

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

Bizarre Cavern.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

The whole world in one water tank.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.

This dig site outside D.C. is known for its exceptionally high density of baby dinosaur fossils and dinosaur eggs.