Places Sarah Finley Wants to Go

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

One artist’s scheme to expand museum viewing hours into the evening led to the illumination of an entire city.

A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.

This lovely tree was a thank you gift from the man known as "Public Enemy No.1."

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

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

This unconventional used book store was once in the news for the surprising act of burning books.

The ruins of a 19th century shelter run by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.