This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

This Delaware River bridge is emblazoned with a catty slogan from a more prosperous time.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.