The bridge's highly-contested plaque (once again) honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

The "Sultan of Swat" once attended a school at the site of this baseball field.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

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

These vibrant row houses are a unique example of Baltimore kitsch.

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

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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

At the birthplace of American railroading, a world-class collection of historic trains.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

This mighty white oak in Bethesda survived both the American Revolution and the construction of Washington D.C.'s metro red line.