The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

The famous author's cottage hideaway.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

Fittingly, America's museum of architecture is itself a magnificently designed old building.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

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

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.

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

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

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

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

A Bibliophile's Dream.