Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.

Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

Final resting place of a New Haven urban legend.

The oldest place in Hartford is a cemetery with thousands of bodies stacked beneath the grass.

A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.

Panoramic views of the city of New Haven and the Long Island Sound, with a side of history.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

This little-known Revolutionary War fort is supposedly haunted by the ghosts of its past.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An old town theater converted into a celebration of the hobo legacy.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A giant pair of thick black glasses mark the tragic demise of a trio of rock and roll legends.

Beating out all other concrete competitors, this massive garden feature's pointy hat has earned it a world record.

Lined with plaques and tributes to veterans, this patriotic street was founded by Mexican immigrants.

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.