This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.

The ceiling of this vintage movie palace is covered in fantastic Art Deco murals.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.

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

Built to bless whalers before their voyages, this Massachusetts church now features a ship-shaped pulpit.

The sea urchin sculpture is an unusual commemoration of a New England town's seafaring history.

A castle on a hill once named "the most beautiful high school in Massachusetts."

Some big-name visitors have patronized this small-town library named for an oil man's daughter.

Once a kitschy symbol for a gift shop, this 38-foot seahorse is now a staple roadside attraction.

A coastal rock outcrop with mysterious inscriptions variously attributed to Native Americans, Portuguese, Phoenicians, Norse, and more.

This 50-foot rock formation looked like a face that was once believed to be that of a Native American chief.

Enjoy an overnight at an old haunted B&B site of the Borden family murders.

An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

Mysterious stone tower featured in many alternative histories of the New World.

The second oldest Jewish graveyard in the U.S. is tiny, with connections to George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

A crumbling stone stable and carriage house are all that remain of a manse that was once filled with Egyptian artifacts.