Places Edited by Rebecca Schandel

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

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

Try not to get lost in this picturesque Brazilian labyrinth of the dead.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

This replica small town lets visitors take a stroll through the story of progress in the U.S. via thousands of Americana artifacts.

This geodesic gallery holds a collection of painted spheres that make traditional canvases look lazy by comparison.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

Thanks to a loophole in property ownership, this alleyway has become a cacophonous street gallery.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

The chiseled jaw of this forgotten American hero still stands tall in a small Indiana town.

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.