An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

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

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

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

In the middle of downtown Brooklyn lies a 165 year old secret hidden right below the surface (closed to the public indefinitely).

A mysterious collection of stones stand outside a small New England town.

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

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

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

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

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

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

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.

Naturally preserved bodies are eerily staged throughout the crypt in varying poses.

An art gallery, studio, and shop that celebrates death.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.