The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

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

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

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

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

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

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

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

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

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

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

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

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

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

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

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A collection of artifacts from Maryland's maritime past.

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

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.