More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.

The humble Hoosier roots of a famed Broadway composer.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.