Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

A pink cottage covered in hearts served as a haven and a resting place for LGBTQ activists.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

Once America's longest-manned military fort, now an abandoned hulk.

The haunting, dilapidated remains of a former poorhouse on Staten Island's Greenbelt.

Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.