Westminster Hall and Burial Ground . The city s oldest cemetery is most famous as the burial place of Edgar Allan Poe, who died mysteriously in Baltimore at the age of 40. Visitors are generally intrigued by his grave, where a ghostly black raven embellishes the tombstone. Each year a mysterious phantom creeps in on the anniversary of Poe s death and leaves flowers and cognac. Other tombs hold the remains of generals from the American Revolution and the War of 1812.
Cemetery is open daily till dusk and is free.
D.C. The gallery features 19th-century photographs and artifacts. On the first Thursday of every month, the gallery is open until 8 pm, affording a breathtaking nighttime view of Baltimore from the top. On the 700 block of N. Charles Street. Evergreen House is a gorgeous, 48-room Italianate mansion built in the 1850s. It s surrounded by a curtain of trees and filled with exceptional decorative art, rare book collections, Tiffany glass and theater art.