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

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

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world's most famous paranormal investigators.

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

Connecticut's shot tower is near the end of its life.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."

An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.

A castle inspired by medieval architecture is hidden in the woods of Connecticut.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

These three lighthouses played a fundamental role in the maritime life of Eastham.

A centuries-old church stands as a testament to Boston's "father of architecture."

In the 19th century, this was the center of Boston's Black community.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.

In Gloucester, Massachussets, fishermen celebrate a successful year at sea by charging a lubed pole to capture an Italian flag.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

On a side street near the interstate is the building where the famous anarchist once owned an ice cream parlor.

This wooly sculpture supposedly marks the birthplace of a famous nursery rhyme, or not.