Places ratheraud Wants to Go

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

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

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.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

An original apothecary from 1792.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

A colorful piece of contemporary art cheerfully clashes with Lyon's historical architecture.

Monsters and miniatures are held in equal esteem at this wondrous museum.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.