A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

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

A school used as a model for public education across the country.

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

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

This memorial honors those who served on Gallops Island Radio Training Station during the second World War.

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

The world's largest rotating world.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

Abandoned Italianate architecture on the coast of Maine.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

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

A lighthouse on a diminutive island was one of the first of its kind to guide seamen home.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

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

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.