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

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

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

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

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

An expansive book store, art gallery, and curio shop with wares ranging from tarot cards to novelty socks.

The blinking light atop the iconic landmark has been sending secret messages for decades.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.

Everyone remembers Laurie Strode from Halloween, but this is the house where most of the blood was shed.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Scores of vintage street lamps shine along L.A.’s Miracle Mile.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

A massive Montreal stadium that has seen nothing but trouble since its inception.

Montreal's colorful subway station shows its support of the local LGBT+ community.