Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

John Tyler never got to be buried at his beloved home, but every pet his family owned since has been.

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

A journey along this trail means indulging in a slice of nostalgia.

The grave of a champion Thoroughbred hides within the former presidential estate.

Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.

Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.

A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.

Volcanic stone sentinels stand watch at a Korean Bell Garden in Virginia.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The site of the largest mass execution in Rhode Island history, haunted by the ghosts of hanged pirates.

Constructed in 1676, this stone memorial is believed to be the oldest veteran's memorial in the United States.

A plaque marks the spot on the bridge where one of the first elephants in the U.S., Little Bet, was gunned down.

This historic Rhode Island mini-cemetery features a number of headstones run through with mysterious holes.

This cemetery is home to numerous granite headstones that are works of art unto themselves.

A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.

The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

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