On the Oregon coast there is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.

The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.

The second largest waterfall by volume in the U.S., Willamette Falls is outdone only by Niagara in the amount of water that is pushed northward.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

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

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.

A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

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

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.