The bears of Bern have been a city highlight for over 500 years.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Not quite the menace it once was, this monster still has some chops.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

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

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

This 3,500 pound obelisk was constructed with more than 1,000 reclaimed guns.

The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.