This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

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

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.