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

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

A cemetery that holds graves for the forgotten children of a burned orphanage.

In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.

Seven people are buried in the middle of what's now a movie theater parking lot.

One of New Jersey's oldest surviving buildings still bears the mark of our former British overlords.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

A wild west scene starring life-sized wooden statues hides in the trees behind Pierce College.

Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.

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

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.

Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.

A tiny monument to the classic American candy.

This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

A real plaque marks the spot where a Faulknerian character committed fictional suicide.

The remnants of a Gilded Age elegance preserved in the middle of a stark modern tower.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

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