Places uglycritters Wants to Go

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

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

A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.