Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Every December the Wannalancit Mills lights a Christmas Tree over the old mill's smokestack.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Millions of numbers carved in glass represent the tattoos forced upon victims.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

A serene plaza that commemorates one of the Granite State's most iconic figures.

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

The first piece of public art dedicated to LGBT rights.

Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.

A devastating booze inferno poured through the streets, claiming several victims who drank it.

Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Curious crustaceans support an obelisk from ancient Egypt that now stands in modern-day Central Park.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.