On the Hudson resides one of the largest clocks in the world.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

This abandoned sea fort has become an accidental bird sanctuary.

A former pillar of the Black community in Ellicott City.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

Home of the physician who set the leg of John Wilkes Booth after the Lincoln assassination.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.

Politicians, bureaucrats, and military officers gathered in this field near the Capitol to settle their disputes with blood.

A historic cemetery with unique artwork, a Civil War fort, and also happens to be the site of the Battle of Bladensburg.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

A historic cemetery filled with quirky faux wood art and unique tombstones.

A striking memorial to the 21 lives lost in an explosion at the Washington Arsenal

The privately owned cemetery that holds room for Washington's finest when they step down from life.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.