Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.

Town full of spiritualists, some of whom are mediums, is still in full swing after 130 years.

Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.

A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.

America's "second most important bell" is a contentious spoil of the Civil War.

This unassuming stone commemorates a condiment factory gone up in smoke.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

A Medieval Water Tower in the Heart of Massachusetts.

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.

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

The Cape Cod house that whaling built.

More than 200 unconventional musical instruments that anyone can play.

A rock outcropping left by a glacier that made itself useful throughout the centuries.