Salem, Massachusetts
Proctor's Ledge
A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.
Places I've been
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Salem, Massachusetts
A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
North Adams, Massachusetts
Resonating tubes make music from highway overpass.
Bennington, Vermont
The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."
North Bennington, Vermont
The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."
Stillwater, New York
A monument to the military service of America's greatest traitor refuses to even name him.
Woodstock, New York
A peaceful international sculpture garden in upstate New York.
Woodstock, New York
Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.
Red Hook, New York
A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.
Kingston, New York
An abandoned dollhouse factory.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
New Paltz, New York
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
New Paltz, New York
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
Archbald, Pennsylvania
It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.
Imler, Pennsylvania
It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.
Red Hook, New York
A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.
Rutland, Vermont
A beautiful, creepy 19th-century castle stands incongruously in rural Vermont.
Catskill, New York
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Schenectady, New York
The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.
Detroit, Michigan
Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.
Orange, Connecticut
The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.
New Haven, Connecticut
Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.