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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.

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

The last remaining 19th-century tenement from Boston's old West End neighborhood.

The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

A fashion designer's dazzling world of Japanese collectibles is hidden in a warehouse downtown.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

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

Rock face that shares a name with Mary Shelley's famous doctor.

This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.

This site was once the largest ski jump tower in the world.

Former laboratory of radical psychiatrist Wilhelm Reich.

A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.

A strange mark in the stone fence of a cemetery fabled to have been made by the Devil himself.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

A beautiful, water-filled quarry that has become a popular haunt for swimmers and artists.

An unusually designed bridge from the 1920s was built to withstand the tides and winds of Maine.

The only remaining historic maritime signal station in the United States.

Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.