Instead of hoofing it up steep stairs, residents can hitch a ride on this private lift.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

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

Narrowest house in Boston.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

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

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

World's largest Christmas store.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.