Places Jess the Mess Wants to Go

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.

Origin of the blue-skinned Fugates of eastern Kentucky.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.

Kentucky's longest operating jail is now a spooky spot to spend the night.

One man has spent decades faithfully constructing this unique brick and cinderblock castle.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.

A former 19th-century tavern, famous for its peach brandy and honey concoction.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.