The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

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

America's first federal monument.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

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

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