Places Edited by PushingUpDaisies

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

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

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

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.

Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.

This former factory has deep ties to rubber production in Akron.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

Get up close to an F-4 Phantom flown in the Vietnam War at this Florida park.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."

This former tuberculosis treatment facility now stands at the center of a public park.

A different kind of swan princess.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.

Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.

The oldest military monument in the United States.

Memorial stone for GWAR vocalist, depicted in his iconic costume.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.