This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

The world's longest known cave system.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”