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The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.

Behind a bodega is a small museum of relics and ephemera showcasing the history of New York.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.

Relics given to a Manhattan church to avoid seizure by the Italian government.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

A veritable variety of odds and ends.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.

Where Aleister Crowley taught magick in "La Chambre Des Cauchemars," his "Chamber of Nightmares."