Hillside, Illinois
Al Capone’s Grave
Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.
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Hillside, Illinois
Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.
Fort Worth, Texas
The "world’s largest honky-tonk" also has its own indoor rodeo arena.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."
Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Keeseville, New York
This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.
Aspen, Colorado
Fill up your senses in this beautiful riverside garden, dedicated to the works of singer-songwriter John Denver.
New Paltz, New York
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
Neversink, New York
The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.
Smyrna, New York
See wolves, coyotes, and arctic foxes in a natural environment smack in the middle of New York State.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Glasgow, Scotland
This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This plaque marks a place where one of Hollywood’s most famous dancers got his start.
Cleveland, Ohio
An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.
Cherry Valley, New York
Take a trip back to the 1950s and the heyday of the road trip along Historic Route 20.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
These trees are living witnesses to events that inspired poet Walt Whitman’s service during the American Civil War.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Yorktown, Virginia
The location where the American Revolution ended.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.