New Brunswick, New Jersey
Evans/Ellis Cemetery
Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.
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New Brunswick, New Jersey
Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.
Matawan, New Jersey
The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."
Kearny, New Jersey
This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.
Rockville, Utah
Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
Panguitch, Utah
Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Scarbro, West Virginia
Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
Texarkana, Texas
$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
Wilmington, Delaware
A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.
Wilmington, Delaware
This splendid Versailles-inspired mansion has the largest French-style formal gardens in North America.
Bucksport, Maine
Stone monument honoring a town founder has a witch-boot shaped stain and a curse to go with it.
Bangor, Maine
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Brewer, Maine
Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.
Portland, Maine
Its unique collection details the history of the state's svelte railroads.
Rumford, Maine
Plaque remembering the 18th century forced relocation of Acadians.
Burlington, Vermont
Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.
Burlington, Vermont
Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.
Corinth, Vermont
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
Montpelier, Vermont
Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.