This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

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

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

The tragic tale of the dentist who pioneered the use of anesthesia.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.