Chicago, Illinois
Englewood Post Office
This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.
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Chicago, Illinois
This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.
Chicago, Illinois
This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Winter Park, Florida
Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
Charleston, South Carolina
Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.
Nyack, New York
Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.
Irvington, New York
This fancifully decorated Victorian home in New York’s Hudson Valley is the only known fully domed octagonal residence in the United States.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Sleepy Hollow, New York
The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Eccentric concrete mansion and museum designed and built by hand from the inside out.
Wilmington, Delaware
A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Camden, New Jersey
The final resting place of one of the United States's greatest poets.