Places Mortuarism Wants to Go

The first blast furnace in the United States that used coal and coke fuel instead of charcoal to make pig iron.

She stares out across six lanes of traffic, clutching a musket and infant with determination.

A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.

The grounds of former plantations where abolitionist Harriet Tubman spent her youth enslaved are now a museum to her incredible life.

The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

Dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, frogs, and fish are laid to rest at the second-oldest pet cemetery in the U.S.

Rediscovered after a century, the father of the American Navy was reinterred in something dredged up from Davy Jones’ locker.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

An eerie, abandoned military base engulfed by nature and graffiti is now home to a local park.

A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

Bizarre Cavern.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.

One of the few Civil War monuments to honor a specific enlisted soldier.

A major spiritual gathering place in central Maine since the mid-1800s.