This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

Miners in Michigan developed a taste for Cornish beef pasties, which this roadside stand has been selling since 1947.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

Home to over 300 antique cars and motorcycles, including Thomas Edison's Model A.

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

World's largest Christmas store.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.