April 20, 2026
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6:30 pm
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September 13, 2027
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2:00 pm
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Baltimore, October 1849. Edgar Allan Poe is discovered alone, clad in filthy rags, confused and gravely ill, with no clear account of how he came to be there. Within days, he is dead. The master of mystery leaves behind a final story no one can fully explain. As we travel through Baltimore, you’ll stand in the places tied to his last days and explore the line between documented fact and enduring legend.
Explore the enduring mystery surrounding Poe’s tragic end on a special Bus Tour of Edgar Allan Poe’s Life and Death in Baltimore. Bus Tours are offered every month, April Thru October. Additional tour option includes prix-fixe luncheon at Baltimore’s original Annabel Lee Tavern (May thru Sept only.)
Tours include stops at important Poe Places around Baltimore, including:
- Pickup at the Baltimore Visitor Center, 401 Light Street in Inner Harbor
- The Hospital where Poe died
- Westminster Hall & Burying Ground including two Poe graves
- The Poe Statue
- Tour of The Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum
- Return to Vistor Center
Please note that Poe House is an historic site and not ADA accessible (there is no elevator or ramp to the second floor.)
Tours leave from the Baltimore Visitor Center; check dates for available tour times. Meet your guide 10-minutes before your tour time inside the Baltimore Visitor Center at the gift shop register; refunds will not be granted to late arrivals.
Dates are limited: 3rd Saturday each month, April – September. For October dates see our festival schedule (released July 1)
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(You will be taken to our Peek Ticketing System)
April 11
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11:00 am
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2:00 pm
An America 250 bus tour through Baltimore’s Revolutionary past, where the fight for independence lives on in headstone, story, and street. Along the way, discover the Edgar Allan Poe family’s Revolutionary roots and the lives of Baltimore’s signers of the Declaration of Independence. Tours meet inside the Baltimore Visitor Center at the Inner Harbor.
The first stop on this special commemorative tour is Westminster Hall & Burying Ground. World-famous as the final resting place of Edgar Allan Poe, this hallowed ground is also home to over 300 patriots of the American Revolution and War of 1812—including Poe’s own family. Immigrants, women, and working-class heroes like David and Elizabeth Poe, who aided The Marquis de Lafayette’s troops, are buried alongside towering figures like General Samuel Smith, James McHenry, and Rev. Patrick Allison, chaplain to the first Continental Congress and an early voice for the separation of church and state.
The tour continues with history of two Baltimore signers of the Declaration of Independence: a visit to Old St. Paul’s Cemetery, where Samuel Chase, the United States’ first impeached Supreme Court Justice, is laid to rest, and then the historic Carroll Mansion where Charles Carroll of Carrollton (the only Catholic signer) spent his final days and where the very bed in which he died remains on display.
Whether you’re a lifelong Marylander or a first-time visitor, “Revolution & Remembrance” invites you to see Baltimore’s Revolutionary roots through fresh eyes, and to reflect on the diverse people who helped shape a nation.
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