Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

On the waterfront of Sydney, Nova Scotia, a 60-ft. fiddle greets incoming ships.

A swirling spectrum of stained glass dazzles visitors who enter this subway station.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

This tribute to the 16th-century composer is now an unusual shrine to Michael Jackson.

A subterranean display of public art and architecture.

A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.