Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

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

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

The world's largest collection of historic U.S. military naval vessels.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.