The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

On the waterfront of Sydney, Nova Scotia, a 60-ft. fiddle greets incoming ships.

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

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

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

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

A museum dedicated to restoring vintage aircraft, located at a working airport.

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

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

The largest portal tomb in Europe has a capstone weighing around 150 tons.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This graveyard is the eternal home of the residents of a vanished California town.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.