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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

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

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.