Exploring Baltimore: A List of Things to Do

06 Discover Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore

Master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, was born in Boston but lived in Baltimore at several junctures of his life. The city is where he spent his last moments, too, for he expired under mysterious circumstances aged only 40. Charm City's football team, the Ravens, are named after one of Poe's poems. You can visit the Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, where the writer briefly lived and penned prose in the attic, as well as his gravesite, which lies at the back of Westminster Hall. Dip into original manuscripts at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, and look for the lock of the author's hair, then refuel at Annabel Lee Tavern, founded by a fan of Poe's literature.