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Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.

This one-room schoolhouse was revitalized in 2007 as a museum focusing on the education of Black children during the early 20th-century.

Once the largest trading firm of enslaved people in the U.S., this building is now a museum that preserves Alexandria's dark past.

Burke’s oldest cemetery also houses the victim of the county's grisliest murder.

A glimpse into the sacrifices of military members during World War II.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.