A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

The preamble to the U.S. Constitution written entirely from vanity license plates hangs in the Smithsonian museum.

This grisly headstone doesn’t seem to be resting in peace.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A promising candidate for the lost rock laid by George Washington was unearthed, but the hunt is still on.

A 1,100-ton train fell through the floor in 1953. Workers got it patched up in just 72 hours.

A line of blue paint marks the route of the inaugural parade.

An obscure federal monument honors the French diplomat who served as Ambassador to the U.S. during WWI.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

A small token of gratitude from freezing cold journalists who were given a warm haven while covering JFK's inauguration.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

The elevator that makes it possible to fly American flags in bulk over the U.S. Capitol

One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

During Prohibition, the U.S. Congress had an "official" bootlegger, with his own Capitol Hill office.

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

The school tested mustard gas for the U.S. Army during World War I.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

The early data processor factory founded in Washington for the 1890 U.S. Census went on to become IBM.

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.