The whole world in one water tank.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

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

Public opinion is still divided on this enormous sculpture in front of Baltimore's Penn Station.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

This 15-foot tall obelisk commemorating the Philadelphia-Baltimore railroad connection sat neglected for over a century.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

One of only two sites in the United States containing the remains of Buddha.

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

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

One of the last schoolhouses constructed in the early 20th-century still standing in Montgomery County.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.