Frederick, Maryland
National Museum of Civil War Medicine
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
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Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Potomac, Maryland
The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.
Baltimore, Maryland
A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.
Rockville, Maryland
The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.
Baltimore, Maryland
A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.
Silver Spring, Maryland
A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Laurel, Maryland
This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.
Baltimore, Maryland
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Bangor, Maine
Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.
Ellsworth, Maine
As communication goes completely wireless, this Maine museum remembers all the wires that got us to this point.
Bucksport, Maine
An unsolved murder victim's grave which may or may not contain her body.
Bucksport, Maine
Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.
Portland, Maine
Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.
Prospect, Maine
This 19th century granite fortification is one of the most well preserved forts in New England.
Bethel, Maine
Turns out you can see the world without ever leaving Maine.
Manchester, Maine
A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.
New Portland, Maine
This Maine bridge may be the last wire-supported bridge of its type in the world.
Kennebunk, Maine
The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.