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

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

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

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

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

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

From silent movie theater to rock &roll palace and beyond.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles

Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.

Reclaimed by nature, the ruins of Doodletown, New York are remnants of a town consumed by a state park.

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.

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.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.

A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.