The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

35,000 grape hyacinths flow like water down a garden hill.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

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

The tomb was guarded by soldiers from both sides of the war, and some left their initials carved in the brick.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Hidden for 165 years inside a building designed by Thomas Jefferson are the remains of what may be America's first educational chemistry lab.

The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

This large cemetery is known as the museum of granite sculptures.