American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

The tomb of Increase Mather and his son Cotton, influential colonial ministers obsessed with the occult.

This landmark cemetery in Boston was created more than 300 years ago.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

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

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.

Government testing at the asylum briefly explored using marijuana as a "truth serum" on Nazi prisoners of war.

Because there's no place like home.

Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.