This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.

Giant acorn-shaped 19th century gazebo from which suburban Washingtonians gazed upon the original "silver" spring.

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

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

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

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

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

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

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

The childhood home of the Sultan of Swat is just a line drive away from Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

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

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

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.