The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.

One of America's oldest continuously operating hotels offers a blend of rich history and historic architecture in the heart of Annapolis.

This Annapolis home was built by one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

A set of rowhouses built for laborers at a glass company are the last of their kind in Annapolis.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

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

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.