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Bizarre Cavern.

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.

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

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.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

This World's Fair showpiece was built in Chicago, but shipped to Maine.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

This eclectic natural history collection holds everything from a bit of the trans-atlantic cable to Hemingway's marlin.

This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.

Working wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift."

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.