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

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

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

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

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A statue in the center of Dublin dedicated to one of their favorite sons of rock & roll.

The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.

Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The former hotel where Tesla invented the radio.

Unlock the secrets of the conjuring arts.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

A DIY art gallery/music venue/lecture hall dedicated to video game culture.