The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

Trash escaped from a landfill to fill beaches with all kinds of treasure.

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.