Historic house-museum dedicated to the revolutionary gay graphic artist Tom of Finland.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

This basement museum explores the art and artistry of fascism.

Narrowest house in Boston.

Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.

Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

This historic Boston building has gone from personal estate to porn theater and back again.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Massachusetts memorial to murder victim Elizabeth Short near the spot where she was born.

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.

The magic's in the hole!

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The restored and active Victorian-era final resting place of San Francisco.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.