Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Run by a eugenics advocate, this aging institution conducted secret radiation experiments sponsored by Quaker Oats.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

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.

Louisa May Alcott based “Little Women” on her experiences growing up in this house with her sisters.

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

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

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

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

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

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

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

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

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