This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

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

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A macabre tour of Hollywood’s deadly history.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

This German museum is devoted to all aspects of grave culture from headstones to coffins.

Collection dedicated to funeral rites, equipment, and mourning rituals of the Viennese.

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

A macabre farm reserved part of its 222-acres for dead bodies, all in the name of science.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.