Beautiful Green Mount Cemetery

One place we visited in Baltimore that needed it's own post was Green Mount Cemetery. We hadn't been to an old cemetery in a while, and this one is beautiful! We stopped at the front gate and got a map so we could find the graves we were looking for.

The main attraction for us was the grave of the man who patented the Ouija Board, Elijah Bond! His grave was originally unmarked but Robert Murch, Ouija expert, commissioned this gravestone for him in 2007. It's pretty amazing right?

I really loved the flowers of this stone. Aren't they beautiful?

And the drapery!

Son Father Mother Son

While looking at the brochure we found out that John Wilkes Booth is also buried there in an unmarked grave in his family plot. Travis had to check that out!

People leave pennies on the grave, Lincoln head up. Take that JWB.

Some other Booth family graves had these pretty scrolls draped on the edges.

I loved this vine and floral pattern too. Simple and gorgeous.

How cool does this map look? It makes it look way bigger than it is. The red circles are graves of note. Lots of them were local politicians. I found out after we got back there was a famous side show half man buried there too. Cool!

Before we left we went into part of the gate house to use the facilities. I love that aqua door and the pink trim!

And look at this cute old time clock! One of the guys on the grounds crew came in while I was taking this photo and probably thought I was crazy!

Quick Stop in Baltimore

After DC we headed to Philadelphia for the night. On the way we stopped in Baltimore, with a plan of just getting a quick lunch and then heading out. But we ended up having a great time and staying for a few hours! I wish I would have planned a whole day in the city.

As soon as we got into town we stopped to pay our respects to Edgar Allan Poe. The house was closed (everything in Baltimore seems to be closed on Mondays) but it was a nice quick stop. Baltimore turned out of be full of graves we wanted to visit, but I'll tell you more about that later.

We ate lunch at a place called Golden West Cafe. It was so cute! It felt like how I would decorate a restaurant if I owned one. I can't remember if this place was a suggestion or if I found it. Thank you if you suggested it to me!

Look! I love the palm trees. And the bison head. And Travis.

We started with garlic fries. Yum.

Travis got a vegan burrito.

And I got coconut vegan french toast. It was AMAZING.

We wanted to check out an oddities shop in the area and decided to walk since it was a nice day. We found so many cute shops! We could probably have stayed even longer.

Travis suggested we stop into Trohv because they had tiffin containers in the window, and I'm so glad we did! It was full of cute stuff! Since we were just getting started on our trip I didn't want to spend much money, but I could have! Travis got a cute flask.

 bought one of these great Baltimore shirts.

I loved this hand painted globe.

We finally made it down to Bazaar. Again, I didn't want to spend much because we had just gotten started. I really wanted this taxidermy baby goat they had! Or a pikachu mouse!

Or this cute ermine to go with my other one! I wish I could remember the name of the guy behind the counter. He was very nice and gave us some suggestions of places to go. I ended up buying a cool print as a gift and some vintage photos.

To bad this place was closed. The store only sells painted crab shells! They had that scream guy with a Santa hat too. Very festive.

On our way out of town we made a stop in Towson to pay our respects to Harris Glenn Milstead. Better known as Divine. I brought him some hot pink roses and cleaned some weird (in a bad way) graffiti off his tomb. I'm sorry people have defaced it so much. I do like that someone painted the nails on the praying hand. I heard that at Christmas someone brings a little tree and decorates it with fake nails. Cute!

RIP Divine.

Travis found this beautiful drink on our way out of town. I love elderflower stuff!

Now on to Philadelphia.