Places SL Wants to Go

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

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

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

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

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

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

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

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

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

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

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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Cabaret where the show girls are all androids, and the patrons couldn't be more pleased.

Unbeknownst to many, an ancient burial mound hides in plain sight in Ueno Park.

According to local legend, an ancient serial killer nicknamed the “Hag” once haunted this pond.

This “grave” memorializes the 53 rakugo stories that were once banned by the national censorship.

This cozy café is housed in a repurposed pharmacy originally built in 1927.

Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.

This tiny stone in a children's park is what remains of an ancient, once-worshipped object.