The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

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

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

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

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

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

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

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

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

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

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

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

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.”

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.