Eight sides, one incredible story — the Gregg-Crites Octagon House is one of Circleville's most fascinating architectural treasures.

Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?

Inside an airport, visitors can explore this museum where history takes flight.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

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

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

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

This small museum celebrates the history of the Ouija board and its connection to the city of Baltimore.

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

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