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A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.