Americans love turning a simple landmark into an entertaining show. In Fayetteville, there's Edgar Allan Poe's house. Not the writer you're probably thinking of, but a businessman—who just happens to share the exact same name as the famous author. Some visitors figure this out once they're there, though the staff does honestly try to post signs everywhere explaining that they're different people.

You can only go inside with a guided tour. Completely free! Though they won't say no to donations.

Even though it's a small town off the beaten path and not really well-known, it actually had electricity by the late 1800s (!). Sure, the owner was a well-to-do middle-class guy, but if there's nothing to connect to, that doesn't help much.

The businessman had 9 or 10 kids, and their many descendants scattered across different states. The house was sold long ago to an organization that turned it into a museum. Now the staff dreams of tracking down all the descendants and getting them together someday, but it hasn't happened yet. Apparently, almost nobody has even come to visit and see how their great-grandparents lived.