The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This cemetery has graves dating back to the 17th century, including the city's oldest carved tombstone and an ominous cryptogram.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

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

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