This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

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

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

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

An atomic bomb-proof strongbox protects the U.S. Constitution from terrorists and thieves.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

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

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

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

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

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

A giant roll of mints marks the birthplace of one of America's most famous candy brands.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.