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All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.

This lovely little pond is named after the hundreds of soldiers' corpses that were rolled into the waters during the French-Indian War.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

A mysterious echo seems to defy the laws of acoustics.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.