Places Edited by EB Savage

The massive Roman arch in New Hampshire that was meant to be a tomb.

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 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.

Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

The once abandoned ruins of a Victorian beachside amusement park are now back in working order.

This piece of peacetime naval wreckage memorializes the tragic sinking of the USS Maine--an event which sparked the Spanish-American war.

Carved, egg-shaped stone with no explanation.

A meteorite-bounded town in Bavaria.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

Taxonomy experiment known for quirky collections.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.