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

A luxury hotel constructed out of a former jail.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

A memorial dedicated to the Tejano superstar Selena Quintanilla-Pérez.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

This mural pays tribute to Atlanta natives and hip hop legends Andre 3000 and Big Boi, better known as OutKast.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

Inside this small brick bungalow is a collection of toys intended for the afterlife.

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

At Bern's Steak House, there's always room for dessert—it's just upstairs.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.