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The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

This plaque is dedicated to one-half of the Magliozzi brothers and their hit radio show, 'Car Talk.'

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

Around 160 years ago, this spot marked the location of a wharf along the shores of the Charles River.

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

This home is steeped in history from, George Washington to George Corwin, High Sheriff during the Salem Witch Trials.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

An easy-to-miss garden in Boston's North End honors the mother of JFK and others who lost children in WWII.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.