Places ladyleamarie Wants to Go

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

This small museum tucked within a subway station holds pieces from Madrid's past.

A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.

The little church's beautifully frescoed ceiling has earned it the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of Madrid.”

The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

This generously endowed statue once stood guard outside a Roman home.

Read a book with a glass of wine at this classically restored bar.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.

An abandoned facility that has become a place of ritualistic satanic worship, or so rumor has it.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

In Edwin Hubble's hometown, a scale model of the groundbreaking telescope that was named in his honor.

This 1854 courthouse along the Mississippi River has a storied history.