Places ieanferdinand Wants to Go

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

One of the oldest anatomical theaters in the U.S. still in use was once the site of an infamous cadaver riot.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

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

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

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

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

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.

One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

Each step is a mere four inches tall, said to be measured by the stride of a woman wearing a hobble skirt.

The final resting place of the Hollywood star who came to a tragic end.

It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.