Places laureltree Wants to Go

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

The final resting place of a famous 19th-century murder victim whose identity is still a mystery.

In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.

A mixture of strange symbols, ciphers, words and cryptograms carved in 1876 remain unsolved to this day.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

P-town goes wild for the malassadas at this 87-year-old institution.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

Historic seaside park featuring explorable, abandoned military structures.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

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

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

It's said that this stone with its mysterious runic inscription is evidence of the Norse visiting Narragansett.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

A once-booming railroad left abandoned next to the Quinnipiac River marshes now intersects with a hiking trail.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

The oldest operating pharmacy in the world features 800-year-old recipes.

This tile-work piece featuring a chicken riding in carriage is both a remarkable artistic creation and a social commentary of politics and culture in 17th-century Portugal.

This megalithic tomb was crafted by a mysterious civilization that settled the island of Pantelleria.

This archaeological site built into a tuff outcrop is filled with rock dwellings, the ruins of a medieval castle, and a necropolis.

Magnificent frescoes decorate the interior of this Romanesque church, which also showcases an unusual phenomenon during winter solstice.

Wandering this ancient burial place offers a glimpse of the afterlife in the fresco-adorned tombs of an ancient Etruscan civilization.