Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

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

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

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

Ice cream stand, snack bar, and time capsule of milk conveyance.

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

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

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

Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

Final resting place of one of the classic authors of horror literature.

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.

Come for the gun-toting hillbilly madman, stay for the ice-cream loving basketball bears.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

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

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.