The Vermont square that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."

This unusual apartment building may be Brooklyn's own version of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

On the hills of Bay Ridge stands a house straight out of a fairy tale.

The hero of the women's suffrage movement birth home is now a museum dedicated to her legacy.

A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

Surrounded by lonely toys, this Massachusetts gravestone marks the final resting place of six children who were murdered by poverty.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

A monument park dedicated to the influential Beat Generation author and poet, Jack Kerouac.

The Mysterious Witch Bonney, a haunted statue in an old industrial city.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.

The Burnside Fountain and its questionable interpretation.

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.

The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head as he died can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Originally built in 1869, this castle is currently part of Felician University's campus.