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

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

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

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

It looks like a whale, it's part of Yale, and it's best-known by a nickname you can probably work out for yourself.

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The headquarters of the famous Yale society.

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

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.