Brooklyn, New York
Green-Wood Cemetery
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
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Brooklyn, New York
A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.
Brooklyn, New York
The Father of the Erie Canal has a magnificent grave marker that redefines the term "final resting place."
Brooklyn, New York
A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.
Brooklyn, New York
The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Inspired by a piece of concrete, these three pyramid-shaped buildings have been beloved Indianapolis landmarks for over 50 years.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.
Key West, Florida
A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Key West, Florida
Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.
Ormond Beach, Florida
A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.
Key West, Florida
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.
Key West, Florida
This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.
Palm Beach, Florida
This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Tarpon Springs, Florida
This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
Key West, Florida
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Ormond Beach, Florida
The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.
St. Augustine, Florida
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.