Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.

“You better take care of me Lord, if you don't you're gonna have me on your hands.” ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

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

Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

Hidden within a Gulf Coast port city is a wonderfully eclectic museum whose beginnings were housed in a bank window.