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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

A tree bears footwear on the loneliest road in America.

This Nevada lake holds its titular natural pyramid and, if the legends are true, a number of dangerous spirits.

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.