Places Added by Sarah Blake

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

This highway overpass was named after the tragic disappearance of a young mother who got mixed up with the wrong people.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

This hospital fell into ruins after failing to act as the advocate for the mentally ill it was designed to be.

This memorial to a horrific ship collision sits over a mass grave holding dozens of the victims.

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."