Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

Honorable ranks graduating from the prestigious Army War College work hard to maintain their high standards of honor and erase those who don't.

This massive sycamore tree has been labeled as one of the largest in the state.

An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

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

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

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.

This unacceptably tall building was the real reason for Washington, D.C.'s skyscraper ban.

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

Learn to make this village's specialty: volcanic mud tofu.

A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."