Baltimore, Maryland
One Calvert Plaza
Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.
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Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.
Baltimore, Maryland
This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.
Baltimore, Maryland
A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.
Baltimore, Maryland
Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.
Baltimore, Maryland
This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."
Baltimore, Maryland
Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.
Baltimore, Maryland
A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.
Baltimore, Maryland
At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Baltimore, Maryland
Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.
Baltimore, Maryland
An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.
Baltimore, Maryland
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
Built in 1547, these ruins lie on a rocky promontory in Ballintoy jutting into the wild ocean waters below.
Ballandean, Australia
Originally made for a fruit festival in the area in 1998 this was then erected outside the railway station and is now one of Australia’s iconic “Big Things” right at the side of the highway.
Ballygalley, Northern Ireland
This former ice house dates to the early 19th-century and featured an underground chamber.
Ballygalley, Northern Ireland
Hidden in Carnfunnock Country Park is a lasting testament to the Normans who once settled in the region.
Ballygalley, Northern Ireland
The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.