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

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

An Italian hillside ghost town.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

This dome-shaped mountain boasts amazing views and has a rich religious history.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

The final resting place and once home of the Bandit Queen of the West.

The Earth's saltiest natural body of water belches toxic gas.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

An old Dutch lightvessel is now stuck in a dock near the mouth of the Suriname River.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

The highest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world.

This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.

Site of James Cook's historic observations of the 1769 transit of Venus.

Wedged between streets and buildings, this ancient Roman theatre could seat 7000 spectators.

An ancient cave with connections to the American Revolution.

A remote island marking the entrance to Death’s Door, surrounded by the bones of ships who failed to heed her warnings.

Legend says those who drink from this trickle of water are destined to return to Montserrat.

At first glance, little checkered structures on the hillside look like they house the living, not the dead.

A Caribbean chef recreates his enslaved great-great-grandmother's dishes inside the home she purchased after buying her freedom.