Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The haunting history of a little girl lost.

Nope, not Washington Irving's house.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

The Man In Black grew up in a large agrarian community established by the federal government in the Great Depression.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

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

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

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

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.