Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

A shop for all your magical needs and notions.

Northern Kentucky’s very own Notre Dame showcases intricate stained glass and the bones of saints.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

This quaint museum in a long-running workshop is dedicated to a fixture in New Orleans lighting.

Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A dedication plaque on this Boston tunnel is a microcosm of a massive, controversy-laden construction project.

The former home of a Boston physician whose murder led to a revolution in forensic science.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.