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A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

As state highpoints go, this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

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

Forgotten under the construction of a new urban roadway is a small, abandoned part of town.

Made of bronze and wearing a blue gown, this lady sat in the same location in the Yantic Cemetery for more than 119 years.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

Connecticut sites linked to the only trial to ever use demonic possession as a criminal defense.

The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.

The "possessed" house that inspired "The Haunting in Connecticut" book and movie.

This "thrice-cursed" island is allegedly home to Captain Kidd's lost treasure.

Connecticut grave of the woman responsible for the Winchester Mystery House in California.

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

A few stone foundations and an old graveyard are all that is left of this once thriving settlement in the wilds of Connecticut.