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

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

This tombstone marks the final resting place of the beloved 1990's character, Ernest P. Worrell.

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

Unique and somewhat surreal, this little girl's memorial depicts a playful Jesus.

The largest cemetery in Louisville is the final resting place of Col. Sanders and Muhammad Ali.

One of the greatest boxers and humanitarians to ever live chose his hometown as his final resting place.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

The grave of the iconic Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot features a bust of the man behind the goatee.

Soak in the soul of Kansas City at the oldest continually-operating jazz club in the country.

Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

Step back in time at this 1950s display home, built to showcase once cutting-edge electric amenities.

A piece of John the Baptist in the American heartland.

Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.

The world's largest collection of fine-scale miniatures and one the nation's largest collections of antique toys.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.