This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

Ornate and macabre headstone in one of the country's oldest cemeteries.

A sign marks the location of an 18th-century sawmill allegedly owned by a wizard who employed Satanic imps.

Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.

This cave was once thought to be a hiding place for the devil.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

The birth home of one of cinema's legendary actresses.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

"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."

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

This memorial garden is the final resting place of many beloved pets including that of a famous explorer.

A historic bridge with a lovely acoustic anomaly.

Site of a famous 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community, now abandoned.

These beautiful garden buildings are among the oldest surviving greenhouses in the United States.

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

The macabre paintings created by famous suicide proponent Jack Kevorkian, or "Dr. Death."

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

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

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.