This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

A desiccated merman and a walrus penis bone are among the oddities in this eclectic collection of shipwreck treasures.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

A medieval Italian village is fighting depopulation with this vibrant annual street art festival.

A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.

A historic neighborhood church is reborn as a psychedelic arts collective.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.