The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.

A watering hole where regulars who have ordered 500 beers have their names etched on the bar in gold.

The only building in Louisville (hopefully) that contains two ancient holy skeletons.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

The last remnants of a lakeside airport that was bulldozed overnight by the mayor of Chicago.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.