A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

The fastest transatlantic ocean liner sat abandoned in a Philadelphia shipyard for decades.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

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

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

A unique sculpture park that specializes in the huge and bizarre.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.