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

A defunct all-girls college which may be the resting place of H.P. Lovecraft's real-life Necronomicon.

Civil War Fort on an island in the Boston Harbor.

One of two lighted lanterns hung in the church belfry on the eve of the Revolutionary War to warn that the British were on their way.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

One philanthropist's extensive collection of knick-knacks and curiosities is now a public museum of oddity.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Hut with supplies for shipwreck survivors.

The pleasant woodland cemetery that has inspired more than its fair share of wild legends.

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.

On a former island, this old fortification once used to protect the Boston Area and started Edgar Allan Poe in his military career.

According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.

The first bell ever cast in Boston was cast by Paul Revere...and sounded terrible.

For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.

Shelves covered in dozens of coffee bean varieties fill this North End institution.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

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

Painstakingly built dioramas sit unnoticed in a Boston office building.