The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

One of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in the city, it is now overgrown with an urban forest.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Inside this museum, the history of the Walt Disney Family empire is on full display.

This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.

Historic marionette theater features thousands of handmade puppets and free cups of ice cream.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

The first rural cemetery west of the Mississippi is home to the elaborate tombs of St. Louis' local beer barons.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

This Kansas City studio was home to Walt Disney's first animation business.

A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.

This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.