A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

Imagine playing a version of Legends of the Hidden Temple, but with a distinctly Southern Gothic flare.

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

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.