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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Three witches are said to be buried beneath these unmarked concrete graves.

It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.

This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.

This suburban enclave is home to a very unique art exhibit.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Mine shafts and hard pastries await visitors at this massive mountain of salt.

The grotto where Saint Ignatius of Loyola lived as a hermit for nearly a year.

These striking ruins of a castle resemble a ship's stern.

An enchanting monastery in the Spanish countryside appears lifted from a fantasy tale.

Cursed swimming pool left abandoned is now a favorite of filmmakers and ghost hunters.

An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.

A bronze sculpture of a monkey sits outside this factory, which has made an anise-flavored liqueur for over 150 years.

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.