The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.

The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

Trade in that pesky human soul for cold-hard circuits.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.