The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.

A Spiritualist house of worship where believers communicate with the dead in the spirit world.

Behind an abandoned storefront is an example of pioneering 1930s gas station architecture.

Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.

Herman Melville wrote 'Moby Dick' in this landmark 18th-century house surrounded by farmland.

Pennsylvania’s creepiest roadside attraction is a haunting example of roadside kitsch.

Take a step into the workshop where Edison and his employees revolutionized the world.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.

Eco-friendly island mansion.

Final resting place of the actress famed for her roles in Dark Shadows and Dario Argento's Suspiria.

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

Oldest synagogue in the United States.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The final resting place of the famous Rhode Island lighthouse keeper who heroically saved dozens of people from drowning.

The widow of Benjamin Franklin's brother became the first female newspaper editor in the United States.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.