The 34th governor of Kentucky was sworn into office while on his deathbed after being shot outside the State House.

This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.

West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.

These powerful, if squat, Canadian waterfalls flow in different directions depending on the time of day.

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.

The world's longest covered bridge is a quaint and incredible wooden tunnel.

A roadside park in eastern Maine first marked the halfway point between the equator and North Pole with a brass pin in 1896.

Abraham Lincoln's vice president took his last breath here on July 4, 1891.

This 1.5 million-gallon water tower inspired Stephen King while he was writing "It."

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

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

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.