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San Diego's most historic and haunted home.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.

Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.

The first safe in this California town had to hold all the gold.

The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

Fake rail crossings mark the site of an influential doctor's demise.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

A working miniature city designed to teach kids about safety and presumably city planning.

A place for ship-lovers to watch the passage of freighters traversing the Great Lakes while learning about their history.

Little did a museum know, they possessed the last-known lunch wagon in existence.

This life-sized effigy commemorates the dedicated abolitionist and social reformer.

This monument commemorates the only American soldiers to have directly fought Russians during World War I.

This 19th-century ghost town offers a stunning view of Lake Michigan and a journey through the region's industrial past.

This memorial honors the performers who died when two trains collided.

An easy-to-reach, century-old shipwreck in shallow and crystal clear waters.

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.

This small, nautical gift shop is home to a 500-pound behemoth.

Only the original archway remains from the building where a false cry of "fire" started a panic that claimed more than 70 lives on Christmas Eve in 1913.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.

A collection of witchcraft artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.