Places Edited by Rachel James

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

A 400-square foot model of historic Quebec is the playing field for a state of the art light and sound show.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

West Africa's largest fishing port honors its artisanal fishing process.

Memorial dedicated to four citizens killed during a shooting spree prompted by a routine traffic stop.

Mansion and shopping center used in the 1975 film "The Stepford Wives."

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

The ghost town that was one of New Hampshire's first settlements now exists as a park detailing its history.

Sites connected to a woman born on a ship and spared by a pirate.

Rocks that take on the likenesses of several recognizable living entities crowd the Wang dong Rock Quarries.

Spring that emits water and fire at the same time is said to have remedial properties, and sparked its own religion.

The graves of a Connecticut family thought to have been plagued by a vampire.

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

An eccentric home stands out in an otherwise average neighborhood with mosaics, mini topiaries, and kinetic sculpture.

A plaque memorializes the Boston location of one of the largest nightclub fires in history.

A gigantic collection of teeny, tiny books.

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

An old slave lookout in Cuba's historic sugar cane fields.

The mansion and cenotaph of the New Hampshire Faust.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.

One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.

Tombstones buried in overgrown grass mark the deceased occupants of this abandoned graveyard.