The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

Nancy Thompson's Home from "A Nightmare on Elm Street."

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

This grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.

Most famous work of one of Frank Lloyd Wright's sons.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

The second building of its name to occupy this location might be the finest flatiron building in San Francisco.

A modest reminder of treacherous waters at the Golden Gate.

One of few lasting examples of the brief octagon craze that developed into folly.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

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

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

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

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.