An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.

This former open-pit manganese mine is now a massive graffiti canvas.

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

This ranch house in Jackson's Elraine neighborhood was home to the civil rights icons and the site of a shocking assassination.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

This historic psychiatric hospital is haunted by its chilling past.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

Hundreds of personalized inscribed planks make up this historic boardwalk.

This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

Cape Cod’s historic beacon made famous on a potato chip bag.

The first transatlantic wireless communication between the U.S. and Europe took place here in 1903.

This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

This museum explores the history of policing and is also home to a very popular taxidermied duck.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”

This is the sewer drain that was the inspiration for the opening scene of Stephen King’s classic novel “IT”.