Burial site more than 300 years old.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

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

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson spent two years living here decades before it became a Frederick Law Olmsted-designed park.

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

19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!

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.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

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

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.

A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.

During WWII the U.S. Navy conducted primitive drone strikes on this Lake Michigan lighthouse.

Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.