Villisca, Iowa
Villisca Axe Murder House
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
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Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Montpelier, Vermont
A lonely memorial to the Challenger Space Shuttle, honoring the astronauts who died in 1986.
Manchester, Vermont
An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
Shrewsbury, Vermont
Who is this marble man, perpetually creeping up the steps of his own mausoleum?
Craftsbury, Vermont
According to folklore, Vermont's slanted windows were installed to keep witches from flying into the house.
Dummerston, Vermont
Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.
Richmond, Vermont
This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.
Cavendish, Vermont
The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.
Barre, Vermont
This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.
Middlebury, Vermont
The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.
North Bennington, Vermont
The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."
Burlington, Vermont
Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.
Grafton, Vermont
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
New Haven, Vermont
A tomb with a window to ensure the interred wasn't buried alive.
Waterbury, Vermont
The remains of a deserted 1800s farming community can be found in Little River State Park.
Williamstown, Vermont
The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.
Stowe, Vermont
This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.
Montpelier, Vermont
Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.
Corinth, Vermont
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Menomonie, Wisconsin
As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
The preserved remains of the former Milwaukee County Hospital for the Insane are hidden in the wooded grounds of County Park.
Green Bay, Wisconsin
The secluded resting place of a local historical figure who perished during the sinking of the Titanic.