The only U.S. Senator to die on the field of battle is buried in San Francisco but memorialized at Balls Bluff Regional Park.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

A spectacular tribute to statesman and philanthropist Andrew Mellon.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

This cannon dating to 1755 has stood guard at this suburban intersection since 1915.

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.