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A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The Magical World of George Phar Legler.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

A 300-ship graveyard, with a few still visible at low tide.

The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.