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A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.

"Try not to knock anything over!"

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

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

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

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

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

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

D.C.'s first central library was born out of a chance encounter with the philanthropist whose name it bears.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

The only tennis court that falls under the jurisdiction of the central bank.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

A replica of the famous memorial statue at the Normandy American Cemetery hides in an office building in downtown D.C.

A public art jibe at one of the United States’ oldest and longest-serving senators.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A brass plaque dedicated to a convicted cannibal hangs in the National Press Club, and that's not even the craziest part of the story.

This nine-story building is the oldest standing skyscraper in D.C.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

With over 100 jam-packed rooms to explore plus elaborate tea services and events, the Mansion on O Street is a hidden treasure.