This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.

Some of the clearest water anywhere in the world.

Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

The premier place to experience the Victorian imagining of the steam-powered future.

A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.

The once and future home of New Zealand's famed Pink and White Terraces.

This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

One of New Zealand’s few castles boasts beautiful gardens, grand architecture, and a history filled with family drama.

An eerily charming collection of salvaged buildings and curios grown out of a family scrap business.

Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.