Places njtripmom Wants to Go

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

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

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

At the birthplace of American railroading, a world-class collection of historic trains.

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

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

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

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.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.