Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

The birthplace of the first author to win the Pulitzer Prize in fiction and poetry.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.