This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

Feral cats keeping the rodent population at bay all across Greenpoint waterfront.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.

One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.

Come for the sustainable organic chocolate, stay for the sustainable organic booze.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

Detailed facade of a brownstone in Boerum Hill.

Tucked in a nondescript downtown Brooklyn mall is a bar containing a remarkable turn of the century anatomical wax collection last seen in 1920s Berlin.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

This former Norwegian sailor's church is slowly being taken over by ramshackle robot musicians.