The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.

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

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

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

A secretive collection featuring objects that were designed specifically for U.S. intelligence operations.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.