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These five Art Deco homes were meant to solve the "small house problem."

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

The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

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.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

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

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

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

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

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

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

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

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

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.

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