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An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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."

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

This lighthouse has been in operation since 1881, with an interesting connection to the RMS Titanic.

The world's largest flat-topped mountain.

This remarkable 125-year-old building has survived a bank heist, a rooftop dragon, and more than a century of changing businesses; today, it lives on as FairyCross Bottle Shop.

Austin’s first public mural is a 50-year-old psychedelic time capsule where armadillos, musicians, outlaws and local legends hide an entire city’s history in plain sight.

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

What better place to take a seat?

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

This 1,500-acre development hopes to be the Central Park of the South.

This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

This tomb was fashioned with a sliding window for a grieving mother who struggled with her daughter's death.