A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.

The tale of a strong-willed woman who stood her ground when the commercial world came rumbling in.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.