Baltimore, Maryland
Papermoon Diner
This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.
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Baltimore, Maryland
This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.
Baltimore, Maryland
The only public swimming pool in Baltimore open to Black Americans during segregation is now a permanent memorial art exhibit.
Baltimore, Maryland
This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.
Baltimore, Maryland
A miniature city within a city, complete with traffic signs, signals, and streets to teach Baltimore's youth traffic safety laws.
Ellicott City, Maryland
An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.
Ellicott City, Maryland
A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.
Columbia, Maryland
A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.
Atlanta, Georgia
Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.
Atlanta, Georgia
Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.
Decatur, Georgia
On land once deemed “valueless,” a multipurpose community garden proves the potential of urban farming.
Decatur, Georgia
Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.
Decatur, Georgia
A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.
Atlanta, Georgia
Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.
Atlanta, Georgia
The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.
Atlanta, Georgia
One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.
Atlanta, Georgia
Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.
Atlanta, Georgia
Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.
North Bimini Island, Bahamas
An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.
Alice Town, Bahamas
One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.
Bahamas
A steamer run aground near Bimini lives a second life as a playground for scuba divers.
Washington, D.C.
A rare example of a rural school in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
The Conduit Road Schoolhouse is one of the last one-room schoolhouses remaining in Washington, D.C.