Baltimore, Maryland
The Owl Bar
At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.
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Baltimore, Maryland
Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death
Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.
Baltimore, Maryland
Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
National Museum of Dentistry
George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.
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Baltimore, Maryland
Geppi's Entertainment Museum
Walk through the history of American pop culture.
Baltimore, Maryland
Old Town Mall
Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.
Baltimore, Maryland
Site of Edgar Allan Poe's Death
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
Vote Against Prohibition Sign
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Baltimore, Maryland
The Horse You Came In On Saloon
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Baltimore, Maryland
Mr. Trash Wheel
This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.
Baltimore, Maryland
The American Visionary Art Museum
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Seven Tubs at Pinchot State Forest
Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
The Pest House Cemetery
A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.
Aquinnah, Massachusetts
Aquinnah Cliffs
Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.
Lynn, Massachusetts
High Rock Tower
At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.
Orchard Park, New York
Eternal Flame Falls at Chestnut Ridge County Park
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Blasdell, New York
Penn Dixie Fossil Park
More than 350 million years ago, western New York was covered in a vast sea. Today, you can dig up the remains of the plants and animals that lived there.
Buffalo, New York
Silo City
Buffalo's abandoned concrete grain elevators are getting a second life.
Buffalo, New York
Shark Girl
The absurd creation is a compulsory destination for selfies in Buffalo.
North Tonawanda, New York
Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
A preserved factory in the "Home of the Carrousel" is now a museum dedicated to the classic wooden ride.
Sanborn, New York
Native American Museum of Art
This overlooked gem outside Niagara Falls preserves and celebrates Iroquois culture.
Rochester, New York
Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Explore the evolution of printing technology, from cuneiform to Kindle.
Rochester, New York
Hutchison Hall Specimen Collection
Antique skeletons and taxidermy creatures were found crammed in a university closet.
Sodus, New York
Abandoned Girl Scout Camp at Beechwood State Park
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
