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

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

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

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

The final resting place of a circus performer who went by the pseudonym "General Tom Thumb."

This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

This sculpture may be the only known depiction of a man who helped finance the American Revolution and inadvertently created the dollar sign.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

A Cajun-style Christmas on the river also involves sky-high pyres and explosives.

Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

One of the earliest graveyards in the region.

This large granite seal outside a Massachusetts funeral home comes with a surprising dedication.

The oldest continuously-operated inn in the United States, once owned by Henry Ford.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.