These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

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

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

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

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

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

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

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.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

When it comes to handsignals (and colonialism) rock always beats scissors.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.

Those with a sharp eye can find the hidden image of a German Shepherd on the memorial's Mural Wall.