A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Remnants of a 4th-century church with vivid medieval frescoes and ancient sarcophagi hide beneath this old basilica.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

The remote resting place of a notorious Wild West outlaw whose death is shrouded in mystery.

L.A.'s oldest operating bowling alley is a beautifully restored homage to its speakeasy days.