Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

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

A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

America's first public mental health facility.

An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.

A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.

This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.

Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.

A mysterious find dredged from Louisiana waters.

A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

This museum chronicles the history of a leprosy quarantine hospital that then became a refuge.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

Every year, a Louisiana town remembers a brief Civil War truce inspired by Masonic brotherhood.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

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