The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

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

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

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

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.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.