Baltimore, Maryland Attractions
Unusual landmarks, museums, roadside attractions, and hidden wonders in Baltimore and the surrounding area. "Charm City" has a well-deserved reputation for outrageous public art. Also here: the Bromo Seltzer Tower, the grave of the inventor of the Ouija Board, and Frank Zappa's head on a pole.
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Congressional Cemetery: A Not-Grave Graveyard
Washington, DC
Its dearth of elected officials is pleasingly gerrymandered with odd graves Killed by tiger! Bends dimes with fingers!
Sights for Oddball Excursions
National Great Blacks In Wax Museum
Baltimore, Maryland
Greatness and sorrow, waxy heroes and a Slave Ship, all in one museum.
National Museum of Health and Medicine
Silver Spring, Maryland
A great medical museum. Where else can you see pieces of Abraham Lincoln's skull?
George Washington Masonic National Memorial
Alexandria, Virginia
Lots of odd stuff, from a replica Ark of the Covenant to George Washington's Clock of Death.
Vanadu Art House
Hyattsville, Maryland
Retired museum art conservator A. Clarke Bedford spent years covering his house and cars with visually mesmerizing junk.
International Spy Museum
Washington, DC
A blend of slick design, "experiential" displays, and real spy gadgets reveals the secret and sordid world of espionage and covert operations.
In and Around Baltimore
Choice field reports and tips. Or check out: Complete list of Maryland attractions.
- Hyattsville: Vanadu Art House
- Baltimore: American Visionary Art Museum
- Baltimore: Museum of Dentistry: Washington's Choppers
- Annapolis Junction: National Cryptologic Museum
- Washington: Zero Milestone
- Washington: House of the Temple
- Washington: International Spy Museum
- Washington: National Law Enforcement Museum
- Washington: Congressional Cemetery: A Not-Grave Graveyard
- Baltimore: Oldest Streetlight in America
- Baltimore: Phoenix Shot Tower [tips]
- Baltimore: USS Torsk SS-423 Submarine [tips]
- Baltimore: Baltimore's Washington Monument
- Baltimore: Bromo Seltzer Arts Clock Tower [tips]
- Baltimore: Edgar Allan Poe's Two Graves [tips]
- Baltimore: Feed the Poor Parking Meter [tips]
- Baltimore: Giant RCA Dog Nipper [tips]
- Baltimore: Poe Contemplates Shoe
- Baltimore: Edgar Allan Poe's House [tips]
- Baltimore: Inventor's Ouija Board Tombstone [tips]
- Baltimore: Grave of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln Assassin
