Overgrown ruins of a turn of the century island fort that sees very few visitors.

This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.

This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.

From economic backbone of a community to deadly diving hole, these former stone quarries are now a park for rock climbers and graffiti artists.

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

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

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.

The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A morbid secret lies hidden within the beautiful walls of the Boston Athenaeum.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

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