Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.

This classic red schoolhouse is said to have been where Mary and her little lamb went to school.

The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.

The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.

Monument on the spot where in 1778, Bathsheba Spooner had her husband Joshua killed and dumped down his own well.

A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.

A monument in a town outside of Boston celebrates the visits of Edgar Allan Poe.

This impressive Boston holy house is the American mecca for Christian scientists.

Civil War-era Fort designed to withstand invasion and attack, with tricky traps called "murder holes."

This little-known rival to the Library of Congress houses one of the largest collections of pre-1876 American books, newspapers, and manuscripts.

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

This historic cemetery is filled with markers that look more like candy than was likely intended.

It took 275 years and four burials to finally put the Mayflower’s most famous passenger to rest.

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

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

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

This popular Boston haunt is reminiscent of a time gone by, when slow cafes and sweet-smelling smoke wafting from patios was the norm.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

The remains of a hospital ravaged by fire, once a progressive place of innovations for disabled children.

The proud hometown of an American legend has honored their favorite son with what seems to be a gravestone.

These whimsical works of art tell the story of the city's past and present.

This massive boulder is inscribed with the story of a sensational hostage negotiation dating back to Colonial times.

Mass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704.

A more than 260-year-old crypt built on Boston's oldest English burial ground.