The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

A quaint museum nestled in a former hub of Irish moss harvesting.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

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

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

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

A spooky and decrepit mental health facility is slowly being replaced with newer digs.

Burial ground for revolutionary veterans attracts tall tales, ghost hunters, not enough historians and preservationists.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

A quirky museum paying tribute to the history of the optical industry.

This exhibit is devoted to the games and wonder that Hasbro has brought children worldwide.

Home to the Titanic Historical Society's collection.

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

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.

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

This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

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

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.