A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

World's largest Christmas store.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.

An ode to filmmaker George A. Romero, who used the mall to film an iconic horror movie.

The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

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

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.

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.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.